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Lexicon :: Strong's H8127 - šēn

Aa
שֵׁן
Transliteration
šēn
Pronunciation
shane
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2422a

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁן shên, shane; from H8150; compare H8143 a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff:—crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H8127 in the following manner: teeth (31x), tooth (10x), ivory (10x), sharp (2x), crag (1x), forefront (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H8127 in the following manner: teeth (31x), tooth (10x), ivory (10x), sharp (2x), crag (1x), forefront (1x).

  1. tooth, ivory

    1. tooth

      1. of man, lex talionis, beast

    2. tooth, tine (of fork)

    3. ivory

      1. as material

      2. of commerce

    4. sharp pointed rock

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁן shên, shane; from H8150; compare H8143 a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff:—crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.
STRONGS H8127: Abbreviations
† I. שֵׁן noun feminine1 Samuel 2:13 (yet masculine 1 Samuel 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — שׁ׳ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct Exodus 21:27 +, שֶׁן׳ Deuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּם Exodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִם Proverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּי Jeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶם Psalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ Psalm 58:7, etc.; —
1. tooth:
a. of man, Exodus 21:27 (3 times in verse) (E), Numbers 11:33 (J), Genesis 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Songs 4:2; Songs 6:6, רֹעָה שׁ׳ Proverbs 25:19, see II. רעע 2; of lex talionis, תַּחַת שׁ׳ שׁ׳ Exodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), שֵׁן בְּשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29, 30; Ezekiel 18:2; חָרַק שׁ׳ Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; Psalm 112:10, see חָרַק; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה, dittograph; || נַפְשִׁי בְּכַפִּי אָשִׂים); בְּעוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20, see מָלַט Hithp. (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du).
b. of beasts : Deuteronomy 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Micah 3:5, of foes Zechariah 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked Job 4:10; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 58:7; Psalm 124:6; of their weapons Proverbs 30:14; Psalm 57:5; of Israel shattered by י׳.
c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1 Samuel 2:13 (compare DrSm. 291); of cliff, שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע 1 Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן 1 Samuel 14:5.
2. ivory, of commerce, קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן Ezekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, מִטּוֺת שׁ׳ Amos 6:4, כִּסֵּאשֿׁ׳ 1 Kings 10:18 2 Chronicles 9:17, בֵּית הַשּׁ׳ 1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, הֵיכְלֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Songs 5:15; Songs 7:5.

שׁנן (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [שָׁנַן], שֵׁן).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

49:12

Exodus

21:24; 21:24; 21:27; 21:27; 21:27

Leviticus

24:20

Numbers

11:33

Deuteronomy

19:21; 32:24; 32:24

1 Samuel

2:13; 2:13; 14:4; 14:5; 14:5

1 Kings

10:18; 22:39

2 Chronicles

9:17

Job

4:10; 13:14; 16:9; 19:20; 29:17; 39:28; 41:6

Psalms

3:8; 35:16; 45:9; 57:5; 58:7; 58:7; 112:10; 124:6; 124:6

Proverbs

10:26; 10:26; 25:19; 30:14

Song of Songs

4:2; 5:15; 6:6; 7:5

Jeremiah

31:29; 31:29; 31:30

Lamentations

2:16

Ezekiel

18:2; 27:6; 27:15

Joel

1:6

Amos

3:15; 4:6; 6:4

Micah

3:5

Zechariah

9:7

H8127

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Strong's Number H8127 matches the Hebrew שֵׁן (šēn),
which occurs 55 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes will be dark with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:24 - Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - Or if the loss of a tooth is caused by his blow, he will let him go free on account of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:20 - Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:39 - Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:10 - Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:14 - I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:9 - I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:20 - My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:17 - By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 - On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:14 - Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Come to me, Lord; keep me safe, O my God; for you have given all my haters blows on their face-bones; the teeth of the evil-doers have been broken by you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:16 - Like men of deceit they put me to shame; the voice of their wrath was loud against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:12 - The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:8 - Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:4 - My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:6 - O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:10 - The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:6 - Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be wounded by their teeth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:26 - Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:19 - Putting one's faith in a false man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth and a shaking foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, their strong teeth like knives, for the destruction of the poor from the earth, and of those who are in need from among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:2 - Your teeth are like a flock of sheep whose wool is newly cut, which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:14 - His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:6 - Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has two lambs, and there is not one without young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the waters in Heshbon, by the doorway of Bath-rabbim; your nose is as the tower on Lebanon looking over Damascus:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:29 - In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:30 - But everyone will be put to death for the evil which he himself has done: whoever has taken bitter grapes will himself have his teeth put on edge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:16 - All your haters are opening their mouths wide against you; making hisses and whistling through their teeth, they say, We have made a meal of her: certainly this is the day we have been looking for; it has come, we have seen it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:16 - By him my teeth have been broken with crushed stones, and I am bent low in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:2 - Why do you make use of this saying about the land of Israel, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are on edge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - Of oak-trees from Bashan they have made your driving blades; they have made your floors of ivory and boxwood from the sea-lands of Kittim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The men of Rodan were your traders: a great number of sea-lands did business with you: they gave you horns of ivory and ebony as an offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:6 - For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:15 - And I will send destruction on the winter house with the summer house; the ivory houses will be falling down and the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:6 - But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:4 - Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:5 - This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:7 - And I will take away his blood from his mouth, and his disgusting things from between his teeth; and some of his people will be kept for our God: and he will be as a family in Judah, and Ekron as one living in Jerusalem.
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