שֶׁמֶן shemen

Hebrew word for “oil” · Strong’s H8081 · used 193 times in 176 verses

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Meaning

1) fat, oil; 1a) fat, fatness;

How it is translated

Glosses given for shemen in context, with how often each is used:

• oil 168
• olive 4
• some of the oil 3
• oils 3
• some of oil 2
• more than oil 2
• like oil 2
• fatness 2
• like the oil 2
• fat things 2
• fatnesses 2
• more than ointment 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 14 (12), Numbers 7 (12), Leviticus 2 (8), Numbers 28 (6), Exodus 29 (5), Leviticus 8 (5), Ezekiel 46 (5), Exodus 35 (4), 1 Kings 6 (4), Ezekiel 16 (4)

Forms

• שׁמן 57
• בשׁמן 54
• השׁמן 28
• ושׁמן 24
• משׁמן 7
• שׁמנים 5
• ומשׁמנה 3
• לשׁמן 2
• וכשׁמן 2
• כשׁמן 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shemen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 43
• בָּלַל balal “to mix” 37
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 48
• מִשְׁחָה mishchah “anointing” 20
• קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 19
• עִשָּׂרוֹן issaron “tenth” 15
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 28
• מָשַׁח mashach “to anoint” 17
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 23
• קְעָרָה qearah “dish” 12
• מִזְרָק mizraq “bowl” 13
• הִין hin “hin” 12

Key verses

The verses using shemen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 10:1 — Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his…
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
• 1 Samuel 16:13 — Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel…
• Psalms 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
• Psalms 45:7 — Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Psalms 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
• Psalms 104:15 — And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
• Psalms 141:5 — Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also…
• Isaiah 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
• Isaiah 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines…
• Isaiah 28:1 — Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are…
• Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.