Strong's Hebrew #8127 - שֵׁן shen (tooth)

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

1) tooth, ivory
1a) tooth
1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast
1b) tooth, tine (of fork)
1c) ivory
1c1) as material
1c2) of commerce
1d) sharp pointed rock
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8150
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2422a

I. שֵׁן noun feminine^{1Samuel 2:13} (yet masculine 1 Samuel 14:5 compare Dr) tooth, ivory; — ׳שׁ absolute Exodus 21:24 +, construct Exodus 21:27 +, ׳שֶׁן Deuteronomy 32:24; suffix שִׁנּם Exodus 21:27; dual שִׁנַּיִם Proverbs 10:26, construct שִׁנֵּי Jeremiah 31:29 +; suffix שִׁנֵּיהֶם Psalm 124:6, שִׁנֵּימוֺ Psalm 58:7, 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; Songs 4:2; Songs 6:6, רֹעָה ׳שׁ Proverbs 25:19, see II. רעע

2; of lex talionis, ׳תַּחַת שׁ ׳שׁ Exodus 21:24 (E), Leviticus 24:20 (H), ׳שֵׁן בְּשׁ Deuteronomy 19:21; irritated by acid Proverbs 10:26, dulled by it (in proverb of inherited guilt) Jeremiah 31:29,30; Ezekiel 18:2; ׳חָרַק שׁ Lamentations 2:16; Job 16:9; Psalm 35:16; Psalm 112:10, see חָרַק; אֶשָּׂא בְשָׂרִי בְשִׁנָּ֑י Job 13:14 = risk my life (strike out עַלמָֿה, dittograph; "" אָשִׂים בְּכַּ מִּי נַפְשִׁי); בְּעוֺר שִׁנָּ֑י Job 19:20, 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 Job 4:10; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 58:7; Psalm 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 Dr^{Sm. 291}); of cliff, שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע1Samuel 14:4 (twice in verse), compare Job 39:28, הַשֵּׁן 1 Samuel 14:5.

2 ivory, of commerce, קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן Ezekiel 27:15 (i.e. tusks?); as material, ׳מִטּוֺת שׁ Amos 6:4, ׳כִּסֵּאשֿׁ 1 Kings 10:18 2Chronicles 9:17, ׳בֵּית הַשּׁ 1 Kings 22:39, compare Amos 3:15, ׳הֵיכְלֵי שׁ Psalm 45:9, also Ezekiel 27:6; Songs 5:15; Songs 7:5.

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

Strong's Hebrew: 8127. שֵׁן (shen) — 55 Occurrences

Genesis 49:12
HEB: מִיָּ֑יִן וּלְבֶן־ שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵחָלָֽב׃ פ
NAS: from wine, And his teeth white
KJV: with wine, and his teeth white
INT: wine white and his teeth milk

Exodus 21:24
HEB: תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן
NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
KJV: Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
INT: Thahash eye tooth Thahash tooth

Exodus 21:24
HEB: שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן יָ֚ד תַּ֣חַת
NAS: tooth for tooth, hand
KJV: tooth for tooth, hand
INT: tooth Thahash tooth hand Thahash

Exodus 21:27
HEB: וְאִם־ שֵׁ֥ן עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־
NAS: he knocks out a tooth of his male
KJV: out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's
INT: and if A tooth of his male or

Exodus 21:27
HEB: עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֽוֹ־ שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָת֖וֹ יַפִּ֑יל
NAS: free on account of his tooth.
KJV: or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go
INT: of his male or of his tooth female knocks

Exodus 21:27
HEB: יְשַׁלְּחֶ֖נּוּ תַּ֥חַת שִׁנּֽוֹ׃ פ
KJV: free for his tooth's sake.
INT: go account A tooth

Leviticus 24:20
HEB: תַּ֣חַת עַ֔יִן שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן
NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just
KJV: for eye, tooth for tooth:
INT: Thahash eye tooth Thahash tooth

Leviticus 24:20
HEB: שֵׁ֖ן תַּ֣חַת שֵׁ֑ן כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֥ן
NAS: tooth for tooth; just
KJV: tooth for tooth: as he hath caused
INT: tooth Thahash tooth it shall be inflicted

Numbers 11:33
HEB: עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם טֶ֖רֶם יִכָּרֵ֑ת
NAS: between their teeth, before
KJV: [was] yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed,
INT: was still between their teeth before chewed

Deuteronomy 19:21
HEB: עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד
NAS: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
KJV: eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
INT: eye eye tooth tooth hand

Deuteronomy 19:21
HEB: בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד
NAS: tooth for tooth, hand
KJV: tooth for tooth, hand
INT: eye tooth tooth hand hand

Deuteronomy 32:24
HEB: וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן־ בְּהֵמוֹת֙ אֲשַׁלַּח־
NAS: destruction; And the teeth of beasts
KJV: I will also send the teeth of beasts
INT: destruction and bitter and the teeth of beasts will send

1 Samuel 2:13
HEB: וְהַמַּזְלֵ֛ג שְׁלֹ֥שׁ־ הַשִּׁנַּ֖יִם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
KJV: of three teeth in his hand;
INT: fork of three teeth his hand

1 Samuel 14:4
HEB: מַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים שֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֤לַע מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙
NAS: garrison, there was a sharp crag
KJV: garrison, [there was] a sharp rock
INT: garrison to the Philistines' A sharp crag side

1 Samuel 14:4
HEB: מֵהָעֵ֙בֶר֙ מִזֶּ֔ה וְשֵׁן־ הַסֶּ֥לַע מֵהָעֵ֖בֶר
NAS: side and a sharp crag
KJV: on the one side, and a sharp rock
INT: side the one sharp crag side

1 Samuel 14:5
HEB: הַשֵּׁ֧ן הָאֶחָ֛ד מָצ֥וּק
NAS: The one crag rose on the north
KJV: The forefront of the one [was] situate
INT: crag the one rose

1 Kings 10:18
HEB: הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־ שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ
NAS: throne of ivory and overlaid
KJV: throne of ivory, and overlaid
INT: the king throne of ivory A great and overlaid

1 Kings 22:39
HEB: עָשָׂ֗ה וּבֵ֤ית הַשֵּׁן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֔ה
NAS: that he did and the ivory house
KJV: and all that he did, and the ivory house
INT: did house and the ivory which built

2 Chronicles 9:17
HEB: הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ כִּסֵּא־ שֵׁ֖ן גָּד֑וֹל וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּ
NAS: throne of ivory and overlaid
KJV: throne of ivory, and overlaid
INT: the king throne of ivory A great and overlaid

Job 4:10
HEB: וְק֣וֹל שָׁ֑חַל וְשִׁנֵּ֖י כְפִירִ֣ים נִתָּֽעוּ׃
NAS: of the [fierce] lion, And the teeth of the young lions
KJV: of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions,
INT: and the voice of the lion and the teeth of the young are broken

Job 13:14
HEB: אֶשָּׂ֣א בְשָׂרִ֣י בְשִׁנָּ֑י וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י אָשִׂ֥ים
NAS: my flesh in my teeth And put
KJV: my flesh in my teeth, and put
INT: take my flesh my teeth my life and put

Job 16:9
HEB: חָרַ֣ק עָלַ֣י בְּשִׁנָּ֑יו צָרִ֓י ׀ יִלְט֖וֹשׁ
NAS: He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary
KJV: me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy
INT: has gnashed with his teeth my adversary sharpeneth

Job 19:20
HEB: וָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗ה בְּע֣וֹר שִׁנָּֽי׃
NAS: [only] by the skin of my teeth.
KJV: with the skin of my teeth.
INT: have escaped the skin of my teeth

Job 29:17
HEB: מְתַלְּע֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וּ֝מִשִּׁנָּ֗יו אַשְׁלִ֥יךְ טָֽרֶף׃
NAS: And snatched the prey from his teeth.
KJV: the spoil out of his teeth.
INT: the jaws of the wicked his teeth and snatched the prey

Job 39:28
HEB: וְיִתְלֹנָ֑ן עַֽל־ שֶׁן־ סֶ֝֗לַע וּמְצוּדָֽה׃
NAS: Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.
KJV: on the rock, upon the crag of the rock,
INT: and lodges and crag the rocky an inaccessible

Job 41:14
HEB: פִתֵּ֑חַ סְבִיב֖וֹת שִׁנָּ֣יו אֵימָֽה׃
NAS: Around his teeth there is terror.
KJV: of his face? his teeth [are] terrible
INT: open about his teeth is terror

Psalm 3:7
HEB: אֹיְבַ֣י לֶ֑חִי שִׁנֵּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ׃
NAS: You have shattered the teeth of the wicked.
KJV: thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
INT: enemies the cheek the teeth of the wicked have shattered

Psalm 35:16
HEB: חָרֹ֖ק עָלַ֣י שִׁנֵּֽימוֹ׃
NAS: They gnashed at me with their teeth.
KJV: they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
INT: gnashed with their teeth

Psalm 37:12
HEB: וְחֹרֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו שִׁנָּֽיו׃
NAS: And gnashes at him with his teeth.
KJV: and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
INT: and gnashes with his teeth

Psalm 45:8
HEB: מִֽן־ הֵ֥יכְלֵי שֵׁ֝֗ן מִנִּ֥י שִׂמְּחֽוּךָ׃
NAS: [and] cassia; Out of ivory palaces
KJV: [and] cassia, out of the ivory palaces,
INT: at palaces of ivory stringed have made

Psalm 57:4
HEB: בְּֽנֵי־ אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים
NAS: of men, whose teeth are spears
KJV: of men, whose teeth [are] spears
INT: the sons of men teeth are spears and arrows

Psalm 58:6
HEB: אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים הֲרָס־ שִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹ בְּפִ֑ימוֹ מַלְתְּע֥וֹת
NAS: shatter their teeth in their mouth;
KJV: Break their teeth, O God,
INT: God shatter their teeth their mouth teeth

Psalm 112:10
HEB: יִרְאֶ֨ה ׀ וְכָעָ֗ס שִׁנָּ֣יו יַחֲרֹ֣ק וְנָמָ֑ס
NAS: He will gnash his teeth and melt away;
KJV: he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away:
INT: will see and be vexed his teeth will gnash and melt

Psalm 124:6
HEB: נְתָנָ֥נוּ טֶ֝֗רֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶֽם׃
NAS: us to be torn by their teeth.
KJV: us [as] a prey to their teeth.
INT: given to be torn their teeth

Proverbs 10:26
HEB: כַּחֹ֤מֶץ ׀ לַשִּׁנַּ֗יִם וְכֶעָשָׁ֥ן לָעֵינָ֑יִם
NAS: Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke
KJV: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke
INT: vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes

Proverbs 25:19
HEB: שֵׁ֣ן רֹ֭עָה וְרֶ֣גֶל
NAS: [Like] a bad tooth and an unsteady
KJV: [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot
INT: tooth a broken foot

Proverbs 30:14
HEB: דּ֤וֹר ׀ חֲרָב֣וֹת שִׁנָּיו֮ וּֽמַאֲכָל֪וֹת מְֽתַלְּעֹ֫תָ֥יו
NAS: There is a kind of [man] whose teeth are [like] swords
KJV: [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords,
INT: kind are swords teeth knives and his jaw

Songs 4:2
HEB: שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הַקְּצוּב֔וֹת
NAS: Your teeth are like a flock
KJV: Thy teeth [are] like a flock
INT: your teeth A flock of shorn

Songs 5:14
HEB: מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃
NAS: is carved ivory Inlaid
KJV: [is as] bright ivory overlaid
INT: his abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid sapphires

Songs 6:6
HEB: שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙ כְּעֵ֣דֶר הָֽרְחֵלִ֔ים
NAS: Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
KJV: Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep
INT: your teeth A flock of ewes

Songs 7:4
HEB: צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַשֵּׁ֑ן עֵינַ֜יִךְ בְּרֵכ֣וֹת
NAS: is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes
KJV: [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes
INT: your neck A tower of ivory your eyes the pools

Jeremiah 31:29
HEB: אָ֣כְלוּ בֹ֑סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י בָנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃
NAS: And the children's teeth are set on edge.'
KJV: and the children's teeth are set on edge.
INT: have eaten sour teeth and the children's are set

Jeremiah 31:30
HEB: הַבֹּ֖סֶר תִּקְהֶ֥ינָה שִׁנָּֽיו׃ ס
NAS: the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge.
KJV: the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
INT: the sour will be set his teeth

Lamentations 2:16
HEB: שָֽׁרְקוּ֙ וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־ שֵׁ֔ן אָמְר֖וּ בִּלָּ֑עְנוּ
NAS: and gnash [their] teeth. They say,
KJV: and gnash the teeth: they say,
INT: hiss and gnash teeth say have swallowed

Lamentations 3:16
HEB: וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: He has broken my teeth with gravel;
KJV: He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones,
INT: has broken gravel my teeth cower the dust

Ezekiel 18:2
HEB: יֹ֣אכְלוּ בֹ֔סֶר וְשִׁנֵּ֥י הַבָּנִ֖ים תִּקְהֶֽינָה׃
NAS: But the children's teeth are set on edge'?
KJV: and the children's teeth are set on edge?
INT: eat the sour teeth the children's are set

Ezekiel 27:6
HEB: קַרְשֵׁ֤ךְ עָֽשׂוּ־ שֵׁן֙ בַּת־ אֲשֻׁרִ֔ים
NAS: your oars; With ivory they have inlaid
KJV: thy benches [of] ivory, [brought] out of the isles
INT: your deck have inlaid ivory the company of boxwood

Ezekiel 27:15
HEB: יָדֵ֑ךְ קַרְנ֥וֹת שֵׁן֙ [וְהֹובְנִים כ]
NAS: were your market; ivory tusks
KJV: horns of ivory and ebony.
INT: hand tusks ivory ebony brought

Joel 1:6
HEB: וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה
NAS: number; Its teeth are the teeth
KJV: and without number, whose teeth [are] the teeth
INT: and without number teeth are the teeth of a lion

Joel 1:6
HEB: מִסְפָּ֑ר שִׁנָּיו֙ שִׁנֵּ֣י אַרְיֵ֔ה וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת
NAS: Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
KJV: whose teeth [are] the teeth of a lion,
INT: number teeth are the teeth of a lion has the fangs

Amos 3:15
HEB: וְאָבְד֞וּ בָּתֵּ֣י הַשֵּׁ֗ן וְסָפ֛וּ בָּתִּ֥ים
NAS: The houses of ivory will also perish
KJV: and the houses of ivory shall perish,
INT: perish the houses of ivory will come houses

Amos 4:6
HEB: לָכֶ֜ם נִקְי֤וֹן שִׁנַּ֙יִם֙ בְּכָל־ עָ֣רֵיכֶ֔ם
NAS: cleanness of teeth in all
KJV: you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,
INT: gave cleanness of teeth all your cities

Amos 6:4
HEB: עַל־ מִטּ֣וֹת שֵׁ֔ן וּסְרֻחִ֖ים עַל־
NAS: on beds of ivory And sprawl
KJV: upon beds of ivory, and stretch
INT: on beds of ivory and sprawl on

Micah 3:5
HEB: עַמִּ֑י הַנֹּשְׁכִ֤ים בְּשִׁנֵּיהֶם֙ וְקָרְא֣וּ שָׁל֔וֹם
NAS: When they have [something] to bite with their teeth, They cry,
KJV: that bite with their teeth, and cry,
INT: my people bite their teeth cry Peace

Zechariah 9:7
HEB: וְשִׁקֻּצָיו֙ מִבֵּ֣ין שִׁנָּ֔יו וְנִשְׁאַ֥ר גַּם־
NAS: from between their teeth. Then they also
KJV: and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth,
INT: and their detestable between their teeth remnant also