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)
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H8121 — שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ
she.mesh · sun · Hebrew/Aramaic
122 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 15:12 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.Genesis 15:17 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙When 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 19:23 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁAnd by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.Genesis 28:11 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁOn 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 32:31 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁThe sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.Genesis 37:9 · הַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁThen 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.”Exodus 16:21 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁEvery morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.Exodus 17:12 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 22:3 · הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁBut 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 22:26 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁIf you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,Leviticus 22:7 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁWhen the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.Numbers 21:11 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.Numbers 25:4 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁThen 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.”Deuteronomy 4:19 · הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁWhen 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 4:41 · שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the eastDeuteronomy 4:47 · שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 11:30 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁAre 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 16:6 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁYou 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 17:3 · וְלַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ׀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 23:11 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁWhen evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.Deuteronomy 24:13 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁbe 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 24:15 · הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁYou 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 33:14 · שָׁ֑מֶשׁwith the bountiful harvest from the sun and the abundant yield of the seasons,Joshua 1:4 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁYour 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 1:15 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 8:29 · הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֩He 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 10:12 · שֶׁ֚מֶשׁOn 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 10:13 · הַשֶּׁ֜מֶשׁ · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙So 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 10:27 · הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁAt 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 12:1 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁNow 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 13:5 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁthe land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.Joshua 19:12 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁFrom Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.Joshua 19:27 · הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ֮then 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 19:34 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 23:4 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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.Judges 5:31 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁSo 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 9:33 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁAnd 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 11:18 · שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Then 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 19:14 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁSo they continued on their journey, and the sun set as they neared Gibeah in Benjamin.Judges 20:43 · שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.Judges 21:19 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ“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.”1 Samuel 11:9 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁSo 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.2 Samuel 2:24 · וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁBut 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 3:35 · הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁThen 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 12:11 · הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁThis 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 12:12 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ סYou have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”2 Samuel 23:4 · שָׁ֑מֶשׁis like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’1 Kings 22:36 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁAs the sun was setting, the cry rang out in the army: “Every man to his own city, and every man to his own land!”2 Kings 3:22 · וְהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁWhen 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 10:33 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁfrom 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 23:5 · לַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁJosiah 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 23:11 · לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁAnd 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 Chronicles 18:34 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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.Nehemiah 7:3 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁAnd 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.”Job 8:16 · שָׁ֑מֶשׁHe is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.Psalm 19:4 · לַ֝שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁtheir 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.Psalm 50:1 · שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁA Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.Psalm 58:8 · שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Like a slug that dissolves in its slime, like a woman’s stillborn child, may they never see the sun.Psalm 72:5 · שָׁ֑מֶשׁMay they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.Psalm 72:17 · שֶׁמֶשׁ֮May 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.Psalm 74:16 · וָשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃The day is Yours, and also the night; You established the moon and the sun.Psalm 84:11 · שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ׀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.Psalm 89:36 · כַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁhis offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,Psalm 104:19 · שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁHe made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.Psalm 104:22 · הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁThe sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.Psalm 113:3 · שֶׁ֥מֶשׁFrom where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.Psalm 121:6 · הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁThe sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.Psalm 136:8 · הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁthe sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.Psalm 148:3 · שֶׁ֣מֶשׁPraise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.Ecclesiastes 1:3 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?Ecclesiastes 1:5 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁThe sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries back to where it rises.Ecclesiastes 1:9 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.Ecclesiastes 1:14 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁI 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 2:11 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 2:17 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁSo 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 2:18 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁI hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.Ecclesiastes 2:19 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁAnd 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 2:20 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:22 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?Ecclesiastes 3:16 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁFurthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.Ecclesiastes 4:1 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁAgain 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 4:3 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃But better than both is he who has not yet existed, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.Ecclesiastes 4:7 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Again, I saw futility under the sun.Ecclesiastes 4:15 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁI saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.Ecclesiastes 5:13 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁThere is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,Ecclesiastes 5:18 · הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁHere 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 6:1 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁThere is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:Ecclesiastes 6:5 · שֶׁ֥מֶשׁThe child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,Ecclesiastes 6:12 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 7:11 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Wisdom, like an inheritance, is good, and it benefits those who see the sun.Ecclesiastes 8:9 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁAll 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 8:15 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 8:17 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁI 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 9:3 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁThis 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 9:6 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 9:9 · הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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 9:11 · הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁI 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 9:13 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁI have also seen this wisdom under the sun, and it was great to me:Ecclesiastes 10:5 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁThere is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:Ecclesiastes 11:7 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃Light is sweet, and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.Ecclesiastes 12:2 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,Song of Solomon 1:6 · הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁDo 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.Isaiah 13:10 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙For 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 38:8 · בַּשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙I 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 41:25 · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁI 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 45:6 · שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙so 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 49:10 · וָשָׁ֑מֶשׁThey 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 54:12 · שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְI will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.Isaiah 59:19 · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁSo 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 60:19 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙No 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 60:20 · שִׁמְשֵׁ֔ךְYour 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.Jeremiah 8:2 · לַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁThey 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 15:9 · שִׁמְשָׁ֛הּThe 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 31:35 · שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Thus 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:Amos 8:9 · הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁAnd 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.Jonah 4:8 · הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ · הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁAs 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.”Micah 3:6 · הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Therefore 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.Nahum 3:17 · שֶׁ֤מֶשׁYour 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.Habakkuk 3:11 · שֶׁ֥מֶשׁSun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.Zechariah 8:7 · הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃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.Malachi 1:11 · שֶׁ֜מֶשׁFor 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 4:2 · שֶׁ֣מֶשׁ“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.