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she.mesh H8121

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) means “sun” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ Hebrew · H8121 134 tagged occurrences in 127 verses

Pronunciation guide: sheh'-mesh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8121

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H8121

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BSB rendering counts
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
KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H8121

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

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  2. Song of Solomon 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

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  3. Isaiah 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

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  4. Isaiah 38:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

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  5. Isaiah 41:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

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  6. Isaiah 45:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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  7. Isaiah 49:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

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  8. Isaiah 54:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

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  9. Isaiah 59:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

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  10. Isaiah 60:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

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  11. Isaiah 60:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

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  12. Jeremiah 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

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  13. Jeremiah 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

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  14. Jeremiah 31:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

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  15. Ezekiel 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

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  16. Ezekiel 32:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

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  17. Joel 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

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  18. Joel 2:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.4

  19. Joel 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.15

  20. Amos 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

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  21. Jonah 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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  22. Micah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

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  23. Nahum 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

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  24. Habakkuk 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

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  25. Zechariah 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.

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  26. Malachi 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  27. Malachi 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

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    Source alternate reference: 3.20

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