H8121 shemesh

Meaning and word study

Transliteration

sheh'-mesh

Definition

from an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement:--+ east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053. see HEBREW for 01053

KJV phrases tagged with this entry

under the sun (27), the sun (18), of the sun (15), The sun (10), toward the sunrising (9), and the sun (9), So the sun (4), to the sun (3), him under the sun (3), And when the sun (2), because the sun (2), and when the sun (2), when the sun (2), And the sun (2), as the sun (2), thee under the sun (2)

These counts show English words or phrases whose source tags include this entry. They are not necessarily literal translations of this word.

Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.