Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7950
שֶׁלֶג
shelegsheh'-leg
snow
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7950is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7950
snow (probably from its whiteness)
The King James renders it: snow(-y).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sheleg is rendered "snow". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 4:6Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
Exodus 4:6כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- snow7
- like the snow5
- the snow2
- and more than snow1
- and the snow1
- from snow1
- more than snow1
- snow of1
- to the snow1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שֶׁ֣לֶג3
- הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃2
- שָׁ֑לֶג2
- וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶג1
- וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג1
- כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג1
- כַּשָּׁ֑לֶג1
- כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀1
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃1
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ ס1
- לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀1
- מִשֶּׁ֔לֶג1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular6HRd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular1HC/R/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Td/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Exodus
one use
Furthermore, the LORD said to Moses, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, white as snow.
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃kashalegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the snow
Numbers
one use
As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
- כַּשָּׁ֑לֶגkashalegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the snow
2 Samuel
one use
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃hashalegthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the snow
2 Kings
one use
Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.
- כַּשָּֽׁלֶג׃ סkashalegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the snow
1 Chronicles
one use
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃hashalegthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the snow
Job
five uses
darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,
- שָֽׁלֶג׃shalegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
- שָׁ֑לֶגshalegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
- שֶׁ֗לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
- לַשֶּׁ֨לַג׀lashelagpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the snow
Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- שָׁ֑לֶגshalegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
Psalms
three uses
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶגumishelegconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: and more than snow
He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;
- שֶׁ֣לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
- שֶׁ֣לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
Proverbs
three uses
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
- שֶׁ֨לֶג׀shelegnoun · masculine singulartagged: snow
Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
- כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀kashelegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the snow
When it snows, she has no fear for her household, for they are all clothed in scarlet.
- מִשָּׁ֑לֶגmishalegpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from snow
Isaiah
two uses
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
- כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶגkashelegpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: like the snow
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
- וְהַשֶּׁ֜לֶגvehashelegconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and the snow
Jeremiah
one use
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
- שֶׁ֣לֶגshelegnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: snow of
Lamentations
one use
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
- מִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmishelegpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than snow
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.