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Hebrew noun · H8121

שֶׁמֶשׁ

shemeshsheh'-mesh

sun

134 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 H8121is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 28 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 42
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H8121

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

The King James renders it: [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).

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

shemesh is rendered "sun". It stands 134 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-eight books.

  • Thirty-five of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:12As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-two different ways.

The first use

As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

Genesis 15:12הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙

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

  • the sun90
  • sun24
  • to the sun4
  • and sun2
  • and the sun2
  • O sun2
  • a sun1
  • a sun of1
  • and to the sun1
  • battlements your1
  • for the sun1
  • like the sun1

and 4 more, 134 uses in all

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.

שֶׁמֶןshemenoilUses193
שֶׁמֶרshemerdregUses5
שֶׁמֶץshemetswhisperUses2
שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshsunUses1

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 134, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

42 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

  • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃20
  • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ18
  • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ17
  • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙9
  • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ9
  • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ5
  • שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ4
  • שָׁ֑מֶשׁ4
  • שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃4
  • הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ3
  • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙3
  • הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ2

and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular91HTd/Ncbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular27HNcbsa
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular7HRd/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular2HC/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular2HC/Td/Ncbsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular1HC/Rd/Ncbsa
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcbsc
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcbsc/Sp2fs
  • noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcbsc/Sp3fs
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp2fs

Genesis

six uses
  • As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

    Genesis 15:12

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

    Genesis 15:17

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

    Genesis 19:23

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • On reaching a certain place, he spent the night there because the sun had set. And taking one of the stones from that place, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep.

    Genesis 28:11

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

    Genesis 32:31

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

    Genesis 37:9

    • הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Exodus

four uses
  • Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

    Exodus 16:21

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

    Exodus 17:12

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

    Exodus 22:3

    • הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

    Exodus 22:26

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Leviticus

one use
  • When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

    Leviticus 22:7

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Numbers

two uses
  • They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.

    Numbers 21:11

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

    Numbers 25:4

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Deuteronomy

ten uses
  • When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.

    Deuteronomy 4:19

    • הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east

    Deuteronomy 4:41

    • שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃shameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—

    Deuteronomy 4:47

    • שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃shameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

    Deuteronomy 11:30

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

    Deuteronomy 16:6

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

    Deuteronomy 17:3

    • וְלַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ׀velashemeshconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and to the sun
  • When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.

    Deuteronomy 23:11

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.

    Deuteronomy 24:13

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    Deuteronomy 24:15

    • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • with the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,

    Deuteronomy 33:14

    • שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Joshua

thirteen uses
  • Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

    Joshua 1:4

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

    Joshua 1:15

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.

    Joshua 8:29

    • הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֩hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”

    Joshua 10:12

    • שֶׁ֚מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: O sun
  • So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

    Joshua 10:13

    • הַשֶּׁ֜מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • At sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.

    Joshua 10:27

    • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

    Joshua 12:1

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

    Joshua 13:5

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.

    Joshua 19:12

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

    Joshua 19:27

    • הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֮hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.

    Joshua 19:34

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

    Joshua 23:4

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Judges

six uses
  • So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty years.

    Judges 5:31

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • And in the morning at sunrise, get up and advance against the city. When Gaal and his men come out against you, do to them whatever you are able.”

    Judges 9:33

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.

    Judges 11:18

    • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙shemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • So they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.

    Judges 19:14

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

    Judges 20:43

    • שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃shameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

    Judges 21:19

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

1 Samuel

one use
  • So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

    1 Samuel 11:9

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

2 Samuel

five uses
  • But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

    2 Samuel 2:24

    • וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁvehashemeshconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and the sun
  • Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

    2 Samuel 3:35

    • הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

    2 Samuel 12:11

    • הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”

    2 Samuel 12:12

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ סhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

    2 Samuel 23:4

    • שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

1 Kings

one use
  • As the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”

    1 Kings 22:36

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

2 Kings

five uses
  • When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.

    2 Kings 3:22

    • וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁvehashemeshconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and the sun
  • from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

    2 Kings 10:33

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

    2 Kings 23:5

    • לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁlashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to the sun
  • And he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.

    2 Kings 23:11

    • לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙lashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to the sun
    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

2 Chronicles

one use
  • The battle raged throughout that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. And at sunset he died.

    2 Chronicles 18:34

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Nehemiah

one use
  • And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”

    Nehemiah 7:3

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Job

one use
  • He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

    Job 8:16

    • שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Psalms

fourteen uses
  • their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens He has pitched a tent for the sun.

    Psalms 19:4

    • לַ֝שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁlashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: for the sun
  • The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

    Psalms 50:1

    • שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.

    Psalms 58:8

    • שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃shameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.

    Psalms 72:5

    • שָׁ֑מֶשׁshameshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • May his name endure forever; may his name continue as long as the sun shines. In him may all nations be blessed; may they call him blessed.

    Psalms 72:17

    • שֶׁמֶשׁ֮shemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.

    Psalms 74:16

    • וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃vashameshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and sun
  • For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.

    Psalms 84:11

    • שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ׀shemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: a sun
  • his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,

    Psalms 89:36

    • כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁkhashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: like the sun
  • He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

    Psalms 104:19

    • שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

    Psalms 104:22

    • הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.

    Psalms 113:3

    • שֶׁ֥מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

    Psalms 121:6

    • הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

    Psalms 136:8

    • הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

    Psalms 148:3

    • שֶׁ֣מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: O sun

Ecclesiastes

thirty-five uses
  • What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

    Ecclesiastes 1:3

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.

    Ecclesiastes 1:5

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 1:9

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.

    Ecclesiastes 1:14

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 2:11

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

    Ecclesiastes 2:17

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

    Ecclesiastes 2:18

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

    Ecclesiastes 2:19

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 2:20

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

    Ecclesiastes 2:22

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

    Ecclesiastes 3:16

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

    Ecclesiastes 4:1

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 4:3

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Again, I saw futility under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 4:7

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.

    Ecclesiastes 4:15

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

    Ecclesiastes 5:13

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

    Ecclesiastes 5:18

    • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

    Ecclesiastes 6:1

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

    Ecclesiastes 6:5

    • שֶׁ֥מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

    Ecclesiastes 6:12

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 7:11

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: of the sun
  • All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.

    Ecclesiastes 8:9

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 8:15

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

    Ecclesiastes 8:17

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

    Ecclesiastes 9:3

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 9:6

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 9:9

    • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.

    Ecclesiastes 9:11

    • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:

    Ecclesiastes 9:13

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:

    Ecclesiastes 10:5

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.

    Ecclesiastes 11:7

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

    Ecclesiastes 12:2

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Song of Solomon

one use
  • Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

    Song of Solomon 1:6

    • הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁhashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Isaiah

ten uses
  • For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.

    Isaiah 13:10

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.

    Isaiah 38:8

    • בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁbashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: with the sun
    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

    Isaiah 41:25

    • שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

    Isaiah 45:6

    • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙shemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

    Isaiah 49:10

    • וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁvashameshconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and sun
  • I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

    Isaiah 54:12

    • שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְshimshotayikhnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: battlements your
  • So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.

    Isaiah 59:19

    • שֶׁ֖מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

    Isaiah 60:19

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

    Isaiah 60:20

    • שִׁמְשֵׁ֔ךְshimshekhnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: sun your

Jeremiah

three uses
  • They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.

    Jeremiah 8:2

    • לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁlashemeshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to the sun
  • The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 15:9

    • שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּshimshahnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: sun her
  • Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

    Jeremiah 31:35

    • שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙shemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Ezekiel

two uses
  • So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.

    Ezekiel 8:16

    • לַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃lashameshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to the sun
  • When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

    Ezekiel 32:7

    • שֶׁ֚מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Joel

three uses
  • Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.

    Joel 2:10

    • שֶׁ֤מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

    Joel 2:31

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
  • The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

    Joel 3:15

    • שֶׁ֥מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Amos

one use
  • And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.

    Amos 8:9

    • הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Jonah

two uses
  • As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

    Jonah 4:8

    • הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun
    • הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁhashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Micah

one use
  • Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.

    Micah 3:6

    • הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙hashemeshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Nahum

one use
  • Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.

    Nahum 3:17

    • שֶׁ֤מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Habakkuk

one use
  • Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

    Habakkuk 3:11

    • שֶׁ֥מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun

Zechariah

one use
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.

    Zechariah 8:7

    • הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃hashameshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the sun

Malachi

two uses
  • For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

    Malachi 1:11

    • שֶׁ֜מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: sun
  • “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

    Malachi 4:2

    • שֶׁ֣מֶשׁshemeshnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a sun of

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