שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
Pronunciation: sheh'-mesh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8121
Meanings
1. setting, sun (Genesis 37:9; Exodus 22:2; Malachi 3:20)
2. of direction (Numbers 21:11; Deuteronomy 4:41; Deuteronomy 4:47)
3. object of worship (usually + moon, stars, etc.) (2 Kings 23:5; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 8:16)
4. other phrases
a. openly, publicly (2 Samuel 12:12; Numbers 25:4; 2 Samuel 12:11)
5. pinnacle, as glittering, shining (Isaiah 54:12; Psalms 84:12)
Same root
- בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁBêyth Shemesh · H1053Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- מָבוֹאmâbôwʼ · H3996an entrance (the place or the act); specifically sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards
- עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁʻÊyn Shemesh · H5885En-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁʻÎyr Shemesh · H5905Ir-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
- שְׁמַשׁshᵉmash · H8120to serve
- שֶׁמֶשׁshemesh · H8122the sun
- שִׁמְשׁוֹןShimshôwn · H8123Shimshon, an Israelite
- שַׁמְשְׁרַיShamshᵉray · H8125Shamsherai, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 134 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
- Genesis 15:17 After the sun went down and darkness fell, Abram saw a smoking firepot and a flaming torch pass between the halves of the carcasses.
- Genesis 19:23 Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon.
- Genesis 28:11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
- Genesis 32:31 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of the injury to his hip.
- Genesis 37:9 Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. “Listen, I have had another dream,” he said. “The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!”
See every passage
- Genesis 15:12, 15:17, 19:23, 28:11, 32:31, 37:9
- Exodus 16:21, 17:12, 22:3, 22:26
- Leviticus 22:7
- Numbers 21:11, 25:4
- Deuteronomy 4:19, 4:41, 4:47, 11:30, 16:6, 17:3, 23:11, 24:13, 24:15, 33:14
- Joshua 1:4, 1:15, 8:29, 10:12, 10:13, 10:27, 12:1, 13:5, 19:12, 19:27, 19:34, 23:4
- Judges 5:31, 9:33, 11:18, 19:14, 20:43, 21:19
- 1 Samuel 11:9
- 2 Samuel 2:24, 3:35, 12:11, 12:12, 23:4
- 1 Kings 22:36
- 2 Kings 3:22, 10:33, 23:5, 23:11
- 2 Chronicles 18:34
- Nehemiah 7:3
- Job 8:16
- Psalms 19:4, 50:1, 58:8, 72:5, 72:17, 74:16, 84:11, 89:36, 104:19, 104:22, 113:3, 121:6, 136:8, 148:3
- Ecclesiastes 1:3, 1:5, 1:9, 1:14, 2:11, 2:17, 2:18, 2:19, 2:20, 2:22, 3:16, 4:1, 4:3, 4:7, 4:15, 5:13, 5:18, 6:1, 6:5, 6:12, 7:11, 8:9, 8:15, 8:17, 9:3, 9:6, 9:9, 9:11, 9:13, 10:5, 11:7, 12:2
- Song of Solomon 1:6
- Isaiah 13:10, 38:8, 41:25, 45:6, 49:10, 54:12, 59:19, 60:19, 60:20
- Jeremiah 8:2, 15:9, 31:35
- Ezekiel 8:16, 32:7
- Joel 2:10, 2:31, 3:15
- Amos 8:9
- Jonah 4:8
- Micah 3:6
- Nahum 3:17
- Habakkuk 3:11
- Zechariah 8:7
- Malachi 1:11, 4:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).