H8121 שֶׁמֶשׁ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 121 KJV occurrences
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh · sheh'-mesh
Definition
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
KJV Renderings
[phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
Derivation / Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 121)
- Genesis 15:12And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
- Deuteronomy 16:6But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
- Judges 19:14And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
- Psalms 19:4Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
- Ecclesiastes 1:5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
- Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
- Ecclesiastes 9:13¶ This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
- Jeremiah 8:2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.