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שֵׁן H8127
H8127 is the Hebrew word שֵׁן, transliterated shên and said shane. The King James Version most often renders it teeth.
What it means
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff.
Where it comes from
from H8150 (שָׁנַן); compare H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 49 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.
Verses using שֵׁן
The first 40 of 43 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 49:12 · KJV
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Exodus 21:24 · KJV
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:27 · KJV
And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
Leviticus 24:20 · KJV
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Numbers 11:33 · KJV
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Deuteronomy 19:21 · KJV
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Deuteronomy 32:24 · KJV
They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
1 Samuel 2:13 · KJV
And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
1 Samuel 14:4 · KJV
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
1 Samuel 14:5 · KJV
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
1 Kings 10:18 · KJV
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1 Kings 22:39 · KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Chronicles 9:17 · KJV
Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
Job 4:10 · KJV
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job 13:14 · KJV
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job 16:9 · KJV
He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
Job 39:28 · KJV
She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job 41:14 · KJV
Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.
Psalm 3:7 · KJV
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
Psalm 45:8 · KJV
All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Psalm 57:4 · KJV
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalm 58:6 · KJV
Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalm 112:10 · KJV
The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 10:26 · KJV
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs 25:19 · KJV
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs 30:14 · KJV
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Song of Solomon 4:2 · KJV
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
Song of Solomon 5:14 · KJV
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
Song of Solomon 6:6 · KJV
Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
Song of Solomon 7:4 · KJV
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Jeremiah 31:29 · KJV
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:30 · KJV
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Lamentations 2:16 · KJV
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
Lamentations 3:16 · KJV
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
Ezekiel 18:2 · KJV
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
Ezekiel 27:6 · KJV
Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Ezekiel 27:15 · KJV
The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
Joel 1:6 · KJV
For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
Amos 3:15 · KJV
And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
Amos 4:6 · KJV
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Common questions
What does Strong's H8127 mean?
H8127 is the Hebrew word שֵׁן (shên), meaning a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff.
How is H8127 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it teeth (21 times), tooth (9 times), ivory (9 times), whose teeth (3 times), sharp (2 times), among others.
How many times does H8127 appear in the Bible?
שֵׁן (shên) is tagged in 43 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H8127 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8150 (שָׁנַן); compare H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים).
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