STRONGS NUMBER H8127


Word Summary
shen: tooth, ivory
Original Word: שֵׁן
Transliteration: shen
Phonetic Spelling: (shane)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: tooth, ivory
Meaning: a tooth, ivory, a cliff
Strong's Concordance
crag, forefront, ivory, sharp, tooth

From shanan; a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for shenhabbiym) ivory; figuratively, a cliff -- crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.

see HEBREW shanan

see HEBREW shenhabbiym

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8127. shen

I. שֵׁןnoun feminine1 Samuel 2:13 (yet masculine 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — ׳שׁ‎ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct 21:27 +, ׳שֶׁןDeuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּםExodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִםProverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּיJeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶםPsalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ58:7, etc.; —

1 tooth:

a. of man, Exodus 21:27 (3 t. in verse) (E), Numbers 11:33 (J), Genesis 49:12 (poem in J), Amos 4:6; Song of Solomon 4:2; 6:6, ׳שׁ רֹעָהProverbs 25:19, see II. רעע

2; of lex talionis, ׳שׁ שׁ ׳תַּחַתExodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), בְּשׁ ׳שֵׁןDeuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29-30, Ezekiel 18:2; שׁ ׳חָרַקLamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; 112:10, see חָרַק‎; בְשִׁנָּ֑י בְשָׂרִי אֶשָּׂאJob 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה‎, dittograph; "" נַפְשִׁי מִּי בְּכַּ אָשִׂים‎); שִׁנָּ֑י בְּעוֺר19:20, see מָלַט

Hithpa`el (other conjectures see Di Bi Bu Du).

b. of beasts : Deuteronomy 32:24, crocodile Job 41:6, locusts Joel 1:6 (teeth of lions); especially figurative of false prophets Micah 3:5, of foes Zechariah 9:7, oppressors Job 29:17, wicked 4:10; Psalm 3:8; 58:7; 124:6; of their weapons Proverbs 30:14; Psalm 57:5; of Israel shattered by ׳י‎.

c. tooth of a fork, tine, 1 Samuel 2:13 (compare DrSm. 291); of cliff, הַסֶּלַע שֵׁן14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן1 Samuel 14:5.

2 ivory, of commerce, שֵׁן קַרְנוֺתEzekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, שׁ ׳מִטּוֺתAmos 6:4, ׳כִּסֵּאשֿׁ1 Kings 10:18 2 Chronicles 9:17, הַשּׁ ׳בֵּית1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, שׁ ׳הֵיכְלֵיPsalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Song of Solomon 5:15; 7:5.

שׁנן‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew [שָׁנַן‎], שֵׁן‎).