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Strong's Number H8121

שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh · sheh'-mesh
Transliteration:
shemesh{sheh'-mesh}
Word Origin:
from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
TWOT:
2417a
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Strong's Definition:
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Usage in the KJV:
sun 119, sunrising 4217 1, east side 4217 2, windows 1, eastward 4217 1, west 3996 1, westward 3996 1

Total: 134
Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. sun
    1. sun
    2. sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
    3. sun (as object of illicit worship)
    4. openly, publicly (in other phrases)
    5. pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament