שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) means “sun” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: sheh'-mesh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ · she.mesh · sun
1) sun 1a) sun 1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction) 1c) sun (as object of illicit worship) 1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases) 1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
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from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
KJV glosses: [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the sun | 53 |
| and the sun | 4 |
| as the sun | 4 |
| of the sun | 3 |
| to the sun | 3 |
| when the sun | 3 |
| and when the sun | 2 |
| for the sun | 2 |
| o sun | 2 |
| so the sun | 2 |
| sun | 2 |
| and by the time the sun | 1 |
| and this time the sun | 1 |
| at sunrise | 1 |
| broad daylight | 1 |
| by sunset | 1 |
| by the time the sun | 1 |
| east | 1 |
| from the sun | 1 |
| her sun | 1 |
| i will make the sun | 1 |
| in broad daylight | 1 |
| is a sun | 1 |
| like the sun | 1 |
| long as the sun shines | 1 |
| on the east | 1 |
| or sun | 1 |
| or to the sun | 1 |
| so the sunlight | 1 |
| sunset | 1 |
| the east side | 1 |
| the sun shines | 1 |
| the suns | 1 |
| the sunset | 1 |
| the sunshine | 1 |
| the west | 1 |
| will the sun | 1 |
| your pinnacles | 1 |
| your sun | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the sun | 27 |
| under the sun | 25 |
| of the sun | 14 |
| toward the sunrising | 9 |
| and the sun | 8 |
| and when the sun | 4 |
| as the sun | 2 |
| because the sun | 2 |
| him under the sun | 2 |
| so the sun | 2 |
| to the sun | 2 |
| when the sun | 2 |
| a sun | 1 |
| against the sun | 1 |
| also under the sun | 1 |
| and as soon as the sun | 1 |
| and before the sun | 1 |
| and from the west | 1 |
| and it came to pass that when the sun | 1 |
| and it came to pass when the sun | 1 |
| as soon as the sun | 1 |
| by the east side | 1 |
| by the sun | 1 |
| eastward | 1 |
| for the sun | 1 |
| her sun | 1 |
| if the sun | 1 |
| in the sun | 1 |
| more and behold the sun | 1 |
| neither shall the sun | 1 |
| nor sun | 1 |
| of this sun | 1 |
| on the east side | 1 |
| shall the sun | 1 |
| sun | 1 |
| that i will cause the sun | 1 |
| that the sun | 1 |
| thee under the sun | 1 |
| them before the sun | 1 |
| them either the sun | 1 |
| thy sun | 1 |
| thy windows | 1 |
| until the sun | 1 |
| westward | 1 |
| where the sun | 1 |
| while the sun | 1 |
| ye him sun | 1 |
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As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
Read word by wordWhen the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
Read word by wordAnd by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
Read word by wordOn reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.
Read word by wordThe sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.32
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
Read word by wordEvery morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
Read word by wordWhen Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
Read word by wordBut if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.2
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.25
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
Read word by wordThey journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”
Read word by wordWhen you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
Read word by wordThen Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
Read word by wordThey took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
Read word by wordAre not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
Read word by wordYou must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
Read word by wordand going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
Read word by wordWhen evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.12
be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
Read word by wordYou are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Read word by wordwith the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,
Read word by wordYour territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.
Read word by worduntil the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
Read word by wordHe hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
Read word by wordOn the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
Read word by wordSo the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
Read word by wordAt sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
Read word by wordNow these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
Read word by wordthe land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Read word by wordFrom Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
Read word by wordthen turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
Read word by wordThen the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
Read word by wordSee, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.
Read word by wordSo may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.
Read word by wordAnd in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”
Read word by wordThen Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
Read word by wordSo they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.
Read word by wordThey surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
Read word by word“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
Read word by wordSo they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
Read word by wordBut Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.
Read word by wordThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
Read word by wordThis is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
Read word by wordYou have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
Read word by wordis like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
Read word by wordAs the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”
Read word by wordWhen they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
Read word by wordfrom the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
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