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Strong's Lexicon shen: Tooth Original Word: שֵׁן Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: shen Pronunciation: shane Phonetic Spelling: (shane) Definition: a tooth, ivory, a cliff Meaning: The term "שֵׁן" primarily refers to a "tooth." It can also denote "ivory" or metaphorically describe a "cliff" due to its sharp, jagged nature. Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be sharp. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1661 (ἐλεφάντινος • elephantinos): Refers to ivory, similar to the usage of "שֵׁן" in describing ivory as a material. • G1851 (ἐλεφάντινος • elephas): Another term for ivory, emphasizing its value and use in craftsmanship. • G3599 (ὀδούς • odous): Directly corresponds to the literal meaning of "שֵׁן" as a tooth, used in the New Testament to describe teeth in both literal and metaphorical contexts. This entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew word "שֵׁן," illustrating its diverse applications in biblical texts and its connections to Greek terminology. Usage: The word "שֵׁן" is used in various contexts within the Hebrew Bible, including literal references to teeth, descriptions of ivory as a precious material, and metaphorical uses to describe sharp or jagged landscapes like cliffs. Context: • Literal Usage: In its most direct sense, "שֵׁן" refers to a tooth, as seen in passages discussing dental imagery or physical descriptions. For example, in the context of dietary laws or descriptions of animals, the term is used to describe the physical teeth of creatures. • Ivory: The word is also used to describe ivory, a valuable material often associated with wealth and luxury. This usage is evident in passages that mention items made from ivory, such as thrones or inlays, highlighting the opulence of certain biblical figures or settings. • Metaphorical Usage: Metaphorically, "שֵׁן" can describe a cliff or a sharp, jagged rock formation. This usage draws on the imagery of sharpness and prominence, akin to the sharpness of a tooth. Such metaphorical language is employed in poetic or prophetic texts to convey vivid imagery of the landscape or divine judgment. • Example in Scripture: In Job 29:6, the term is used metaphorically: "when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil." Here, the imagery of a rock (cliff) is used to describe abundance and blessing. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from shanan Definition tooth, ivory NASB Translation crag (2), ivory (10), sharp (2), teeth (30), three-pronged* (1), tooth (9). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שֵׁן noun feminine1Samuel 2:13 (yet masculine 1 Samuel 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — ׳שׁ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct Exodus 21:27 +, ׳שֶׁן Deuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּם Exodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִם Proverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּי Jeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶם Psalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ Psalm 58:7, etc.; — 1 tooth: a. of man, Exodus 21:27 (3 t. in verse) (E), Numbers 11:33 (J), Genesis 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Songs 4:2; Songs 6:6, רֹעָה ׳שׁ Proverbs 25:19, see II. רעע 2; of lex talionis, ׳תַּחַת שׁ ׳שׁ Exodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), ׳שֵׁן בְּשׁ Deuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2; ׳חָרַק שׁ Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; Psalm 112:10, see חָרַק; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה, dittograph; "" אָשִׂים בְּכַּ מִּי נַפְשִׁי); בְּעוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20, see מָלַט Hithpa`el (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du). b. of beasts : Deuteronomy 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Micah 3:5, of foes Zechariah 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked Job 4:10; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 58:7; Psalm 124:6; of their weapons Proverbs 30:14; Psalm 57:5; of Israel shattered by ׳י. c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1 Samuel 2:13 (compare DrSm. 291); of cliff, שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע1Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן 1 Samuel 14:5. 2 ivory, of commerce, קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן Ezekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, ׳מִטּוֺת שׁ Amos 6:4, ׳כִּסֵּאשֿׁ 1 Kings 10:18 2Chronicles 9:17, ׳בֵּית הַשּׁ 1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, ׳הֵיכְלֵי שׁ Psalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Songs 5:15; Songs 7:5. שׁנן (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [שָׁנַן], שֵׁן). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance crag, forefront, ivory, sharp, tooth From shanan; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for shenhabbiym) ivory; figuratively, a cliff -- crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth. see HEBREW shanan see HEBREW shenhabbiym Forms and Transliterations בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙ בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו בְּשֵׁ֔ן בְשִׁנָּ֑י בשן בשני בשניהם בשניו הַשִּׁנַּ֖יִם הַשֵּׁ֑ן הַשֵּׁ֗ן הַשֵּׁ֧ן הַשֵּׁן֙ השן השנים וְשִׁנֵּ֖י וְשִׁנֵּ֥י וְשֵׁן־ וְשֶׁן־ וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו ומשניו ושן־ ושני לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃ לַשִּׁנַּ֗יִם לשניהם׃ לשנים ן ניהם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם שִׁנֵּ֖י שִׁנֵּ֣י שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃ שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם שִׁנַּ֖יִם שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ שִׁנַּ֙יִם֙ שִׁנָּ֔י שִׁנָּ֔יו שִׁנָּ֣יו שִׁנָּֽי׃ שִׁנָּֽיו׃ שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנָּיו֮ שִׁנּֽוֹ׃ שֵׁ֑ן שֵׁ֔ן שֵׁ֖ן שֵׁ֝֗ן שֵׁ֣ן שֵׁ֥ן שֵׁן֙ שֵׁן־ שֶׁן־ שן שן־ שנו׃ שני שני׃ שניהם שניו שניו׃ שניך שנים שנימו שנימו׃ bə·šên bə·šin·nāw ḇə·šin·nāy bə·šin·nê·hem bəšên beShen beshinNav beshinneiHem bəšinnāw ḇəšinnāy bəšinnêhem haš·šên haš·šin·na·yim hashShen hashshinNayim haššên haššinnayim laš·šin·na·yim lashshinNayim laššinnayim lə·šin·nê·hem leshinneiHem ləšinnêhem n nê·hem nêhem neihem šên šen- šên- shen shinNai shinNav shinNayich shinNayim shinNei shinneiHem shinNeimov shinNo šin·na·yiḵ šin·na·yim šin·nāw šin·nāy šin·nê šin·nê·hem šin·nê·mōw šin·nōw šinnāw šinnāy šinnayiḵ šinnayim šinnê šinnêhem šinnêmōw šinnōw ū·miš·šin·nāw umishshinNav ūmiššinnāw veshen veshinNai veshinNei wə·šen- wə·šên- wə·šin·nê wəšen- wəšên- wəšinnê Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Genesis 49:12 HEB: מִיָּ֑יִן וּלְבֶן־ שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵחָלָֽב׃ פ NAS: from wine, And his teeth white KJV: with wine, and his teeth white INT: wine white and his teeth milk Exodus 21:24 HEB: תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand KJV: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand INT: Thahash eye tooth Thahash tooth Exodus 21:24 HEB: שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת NAS: tooth for tooth, hand KJV: tooth for tooth, hand INT: tooth Thahash tooth hand Thahash Exodus 21:27 HEB: וְאִם־ שֵׁ֥ן עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־ NAS: he knocks out a tooth of his male KJV: out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's INT: and if A tooth of his male or Exodus 21:27 HEB: עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־ שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָת֖וֹ יַפִּ֑יל NAS: free on account of his tooth. KJV: or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go INT: of his male or of his tooth female knocks Exodus 21:27 HEB: יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת שִׁנּֽוֹ׃ פ KJV: free for his tooth's sake. INT: go account A tooth Leviticus 24:20 HEB: תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just KJV: for eye, tooth for tooth: INT: Thahash eye tooth Thahash tooth Leviticus 24:20 HEB: שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן NAS: tooth for tooth; just KJV: tooth for tooth: as he hath caused INT: tooth Thahash tooth it shall be inflicted Numbers 11:33 HEB: עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם טֶ֖רֶם יִכָּרֵ֑ת NAS: between their teeth, before KJV: [was] yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, INT: was still between their teeth before chewed Deuteronomy 19:21 HEB: עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand KJV: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand INT: eye eye tooth tooth hand Deuteronomy 19:21 HEB: בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד NAS: tooth for tooth, hand KJV: tooth for tooth, hand INT: eye tooth tooth hand hand Deuteronomy 32:24 HEB: וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן־ בְּהֵמוֹת֙ אֲשַׁלַּח־ NAS: destruction; And the teeth of beasts KJV: I will also send the teeth of beasts INT: destruction and bitter and the teeth of beasts will send 1 Samuel 2:13 HEB: וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג שְׁלֹ֥שׁ־ הַשִּׁנַּ֖יִם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ KJV: of three teeth in his hand; INT: fork of three teeth his hand 1 Samuel 14:4 HEB: מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים שֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֤לַע מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙ NAS: garrison, there was a sharp crag KJV: garrison, [there was] a sharp rock INT: garrison to the Philistines' A sharp crag side 1 Samuel 14:4 HEB: מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וְשֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֥לַע מֵהָעֵ֖בֶר NAS: side and a sharp crag KJV: on the one side, and a sharp rock INT: side the one sharp crag side 1 Samuel 14:5 HEB: הַשֵּׁ֧ן הָאֶחָ֛ד מָצ֥וּק NAS: The one crag rose on the north KJV: The forefront of the one [was] situate INT: crag the one rose 1 Kings 10:18 HEB: הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־ שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ NAS: throne of ivory and overlaid KJV: throne of ivory, and overlaid INT: the king throne of ivory A great and overlaid 1 Kings 22:39 HEB: עָשָׂ֗ה וּבֵ֤ית הַשֵּׁן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה NAS: that he did and the ivory house KJV: and all that he did, and the ivory house INT: did house and the ivory which built 2 Chronicles 9:17 HEB: הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־ שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ NAS: throne of ivory and overlaid KJV: throne of ivory, and overlaid INT: the king throne of ivory A great and overlaid Job 4:10 HEB: וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃ NAS: of the [fierce] lion, And the teeth of the young lions KJV: of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, INT: and the voice of the lion and the teeth of the young are broken Job 13:14 HEB: אֶשָּׂ֣א בְשָׂרִ֣י בְשִׁנָּ֑י וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י אָשִׂ֥ים NAS: my flesh in my teeth And put KJV: my flesh in my teeth, and put INT: take my flesh my teeth my life and put Job 16:9 HEB: חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ NAS: He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary KJV: me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy INT: has gnashed with his teeth my adversary sharpeneth Job 19:20 HEB: וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃ NAS: [only] by the skin of my teeth. KJV: with the skin of my teeth. INT: have escaped the skin of my teeth Job 29:17 HEB: מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃ NAS: And snatched the prey from his teeth. KJV: the spoil out of his teeth. INT: the jaws of the wicked his teeth and snatched the prey Job 39:28 HEB: וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ן עַֽל־ שֶׁן־ סֶ֝֗לַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃ NAS: Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place. KJV: on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, INT: and lodges and crag the rocky an inaccessible 55 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 8127 55 Occurrences bə·šên — 1 Occ. bə·šin·nāw — 1 Occ. bə·šin·nê·hem — 1 Occ. haš·šên — 4 Occ. haš·šin·na·yim — 1 Occ. laš·šin·na·yim — 1 Occ. lə·šin·nê·hem — 1 Occ. n — 1 Occ. nê·hem — 1 Occ. šên — 17 Occ. šin·nāy — 2 Occ. šin·nāw — 7 Occ. šin·na·yiḵ — 2 Occ. šin·na·yim — 2 Occ. šin·nê — 2 Occ. šin·nê·hem — 1 Occ. šin·nê·mōw — 2 Occ. šin·nōw — 1 Occ. ū·miš·šin·nāw — 1 Occ. wə·šen- — 2 Occ. ḇə·šin·nāy — 1 Occ. wə·šin·nê — 3 Occ.