H8083

שְׁמֹנֶה

shᵉmôneh · shem-o-neh'

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth

Lexicon

Derivation: or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from H8082 (שָׁמֵן) through the idea of plumpness;

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth

a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven)
also, (as ordinal) eighth

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.

Letters

Shin

Mem

Nun

שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
Concrete
seed · sprout · fish · offspring
Extended
life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold

To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמֹנֶה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

109 occurrences · 109 OT · 0 NT · 51 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

and eight33 · 33%
eight17 · 17%
eighteen10 · 10%
were eight4 · 4%
and eighteen3 · 3%
now in the eighteenth3 · 3%
the eighteenth3 · 3%
was eight3 · 3%
was eighteen3 · 3%
to it had eight3 · 3%
and eighth2 · 2%
in the eighteenth2 · 2%
and he that is eight1 · 1%
being eight1 · 1%
these eight1 · 1%
shall be eight1 · 1%
and they shall be eight1 · 1%
and there were eight1 · 1%
of them, were eight1 · 1%
again eighteen1 · 1%
and he had eight1 · 1%
being eighteen1 · 1%
he lift up his spear against eight1 · 1%
of eight1 · 1%
of eighteen1 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה10וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ ס10וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה8שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה6שְׁמֹנָ֥ה4וּשְׁמֹנֶ֖ה4שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה4שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה4שְׁמֹנָ֣ה3וּשְׁמֹנָ֖ה3שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה3וּשְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה3

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.