שֵׁןshên

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁנַןshânan · H8150to point (transitive or intransitive); intensively, to pierce; figuratively, to inculcate
• שֶׁנְהַבִּיםshenhabbîym · H8143probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk
• שֵׁןshên · H8128a tooth
• שֵׁןShên · H8129Shen, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 55 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 49:12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
• Exodus 21:24 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, a foot for a foot,
• Exodus 21:27 And if a man knocks out the tooth of his male or female slave, he must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.
• Leviticus 24:20 a fracture for a fracture, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. Whatever anyone does to injure another person must be paid back in kind.
• Numbers 11:33 But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the Lord blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
• Deuteronomy 19:21 You must show no pity for the guilty! Your rule should be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.