שֵׁן shen

Hebrew word for “tooth” · Strong’s H8127 · used 55 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

: tooth; 1) tooth, ivory;

Senses in the lexicon

• tooth (40)
• tooth: ivory (10)
• tooth: crag (4)
• tooth: prong (1)

How it is translated

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

• teeth 28
• tooth 16
• ivory 10
• prongs 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 21 (2), 1 Samuel 14 (2), Jeremiah 31 (2), Ezekiel 27 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Leviticus 24 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Deuteronomy 19 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1)

Forms

• שׁן 18
• שׁניו 7
• שׁני 4
• השׁן 4
• ושׁני 3
• שׁנים 2
• שׁניהם 2
• ושׁן 2
• שׁנימו 2
• שׁניך 2

Words used with it

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

• חָרַק charaq “to grind” 5
• מְתַלְּעוֹת metallah “jaw” 3
• בֹּסֶר boser “unripe grape” 3
• קָהָה qahah “be blunt” 3
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 7
• תָּאַם taam “be double” 2
• רַחְצָה rachtsah “washing” 2
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 4
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
• שַׁכּוּל shakkul “childless” 2
• פֶּה peh “lip” 4
• אָדָם adam “man” 4

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison…
• Job 16:9 — He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
• Psalms 3:7 — Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
• Psalms 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
• Psalms 45:8 — All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
• Psalms 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Psalms 112:10 — The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
• Proverbs 30:14 — There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
• Lamentations 2:16 — All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we…
• Amos 4:6 — And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
• Amos 6:4 — That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
• Micah 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths,…

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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.