Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H8121

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Original: שׁמשׁ

Transliteration: shemesh

Phonetic: sheh'-mesh

BDB Definition:

sun
1. sun
2. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
3. sun (as object of illicit worship)
4. openly, publicly (in other phrases)
5. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant

TWOT entry: 2417a

Part(s) of speech: Noun

Strong's Definition: From an unused root meaning to be brilliant ; the sun ; by implication the east ; figuratively a ray, that is, (architecturally) a notched battlement : - + east side (-ward), sun ([rising]), + west (-ward), window. See also H1053.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (133x)

A Sun (1x)

Against The Sun (1x)

Also Under The Sun (1x)

And As Soon As The Sun (1x)

And Before The Sun (1x)

And From The West (1x)

And It Came To Pass, That, When The Sun (1x)

And It Came To Pass, When The Sun (1x)

And The Sun (8x)

And When The Sun (4x)

As Soon As The Sun (1x)

As The Sun (2x)

Because The Sun (2x)

By The East Side (1x)

By The Sun (1x)

Eastward (1x)

For The Sun (1x)

Her Sun (1x)

Him Under The Sun (2x)

If The Sun (1x)

In The Sun (1x)

More; And, Behold, The Sun (1x)

Neither Shall The Sun (1x)

Nor Sun (1x)

Of The Sun (14x)

Of This Sun (1x)

On The East Side (1x)

Shall The Sun (1x)

So The Sun (2x)

Sun (1x)

That I Will Cause The Sun (1x)

That The Sun (1x)

The Sun (27x)

Thee Under The Sun (1x)

Them Before The Sun (1x)

Them, Either The Sun (1x)

Thy Sun (1x)

Thy Windows (1x)

To The Sun (2x)

Toward The Sunrising (8x)

Under The Sun (25x)

Until The Sun (1x)

Westward (1x)

When The Sun (2x)

Where The Sun (1x)

While The Sun (1x)

Ye Him, Sun (1x)

All Occurrences

Psalm 136:8

The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:(a)

Psalm 148:3

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Ecclesiastes 1:3

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 1:5

The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.(a)

Ecclesiastes 1:9

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:17

Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.(h)

Ecclesiastes 2:19

And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:20

Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

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 on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.(a)

Ecclesiastes 4:3

Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:7

Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 4:15

I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.

Ecclesiastes 5:13

There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.(c)

(d)

Ecclesiastes 6:1

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:

Ecclesiastes 6:5

Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?(c)

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.(d)

Ecclesiastes 8:9

All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 8:17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.(b)

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 understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:(c)

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H8121

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H8121