8121 – שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (shemesh)

sun

Type:	Noun Noun
Category:	Nature  Weather  Sun  Nature  Planets
Hebrew:	שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (shemesh)
Pronunciation:	she-mesh    Listen
Gematria:	640(300 + 40 + 300)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
Usage:	134 times in OT

Description

1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)

Word root

Word with shemesh as root:

בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ	Bejt shemesh	H1053	Beth-shemesh
עֵין שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ	Ejn shemesh	H5885	En-shemesh
עִיר שָׁ֑מֶשׁ	ir shamesh	H5905	Ir-shemesh
שִׁמְשׁוֹן	Shimshon	H8123	Samson
שַׁמְשְׁרַי	Shamsheraj	H8125	Shamsherai

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word shemesh was translated to the following:

ἥλιος

helios

G2246

sun

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