שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh

Hebrew word for “sun” · Strong’s H8121 · used 134 times in 127 verses

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Meaning

1) sun; 1a) sun; 1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction);

How it is translated

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

• sun 132
• like the sun 1
• battlements 1

Where it is used

Also in 16 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ecclesiastes 2 (6), Ecclesiastes 9 (5), Ecclesiastes 1 (4), Ecclesiastes 4 (4), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Joshua 10 (3), Joshua 19 (3), Ecclesiastes 6 (3), Ecclesiastes 8 (3), Genesis 15 (2)

Forms

• השׁמשׁ 91
• שׁמשׁ 28
• לשׁמשׁ 5
• והשׁמשׁ 2
• ושׁמשׁ 2
• ולשׁמשׁ 1
• כשׁמשׁ 1
• בשׁמשׁ 1
• שׁמשׁתיך 1
• שׁמשׁך 1

Words used with it

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

• יָרֵחַ yareach “moon” 21
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 30
• מִזְרָח mizrach “east” 20
• זָרַח zarach “to rise” 10
• רָאָה raah “to see” 22
• אוֹר or “light” 11
• כּוֹכָב kokhav “star” 9
• מָבוֹא mavo “entrance” 8
• עָמָל amal “trouble” 9
• עַד ad “till” 17
• עָמַל amal “to toil” 6
• הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 7

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Judges 5:31 — So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
• Psalms 50:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Ecclesiastes 4:1 — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and…
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
• Isaiah 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall…
• Isaiah 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light,…
• Jeremiah 31:35 — Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…
• Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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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.