שֵׁן
shên · shane
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8150 (שָׁנַן); compare H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
- a tooth (as sharp)
- specifically, ivory
- figuratively, a cliff
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁן 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
55 occurrences · 55 OT · 0 NT · 43 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ivory7 · 15%
- tooth6 · 13%
- for tooth3 · 7%
- the teeth3 · 7%
- teeth3 · 7%
- whose teeth3 · 7%
- his teeth2 · 4%
- thy teeth2 · 4%
- and his teeth1 · 2%
- for his tooth's1 · 2%
- between their teeth1 · 2%
- there was a sharp1 · 2%
- and a sharp1 · 2%
- the forefront1 · 2%
- and the ivory1 · 2%
- and the teeth1 · 2%
- in my teeth1 · 2%
- upon me with his teeth1 · 2%
- of my teeth1 · 2%
- out of his teeth1 · 2%
- upon the crag1 · 2%
- upon me with their teeth1 · 2%
- upon him with his teeth1 · 2%
- out of the ivory1 · 2%
- their teeth1 · 2%
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.