שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh · sheh'-mesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
- the sun
- by implication, the east
- figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
Letters
- 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
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֶׁמֶשׁ 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
134 occurrences · 134 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the sun25 · 23%
- under the sun24 · 22%
- of the sun14 · 13%
- toward the sunrising9 · 8%
- and the sun8 · 7%
- and when the sun4 · 4%
- to the sun2 · 2%
- because the sun2 · 2%
- so the sun2 · 2%
- when the sun2 · 2%
- him under the sun2 · 2%
- if the sun1 · 1%
- as soon as the sun1 · 1%
- that the sun1 · 1%
- him be as the sun1 · 1%
- more; and, behold, the sun1 · 1%
- sun1 · 1%
- and as soon as the sun1 · 1%
- brought forth by the sun1 · 1%
- neither shall the sun1 · 1%
- them, either the sun1 · 1%
- westward1 · 1%
- where the sun1 · 1%
- against the sun1 · 1%
- and it came to pass, that, when the sun1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.