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Strong's #8120 - שְׁמַשׁ

Transliteration

shᵉmash

Phonetics

shem-ash'

Origin

corresponding to the root of (H8121) through the idea of activity implied in day-light

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

3042

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Pael) to minister, serve

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2323 ‑ θεραπεύω (ther‑ap‑yoo'‑o); 3008 ‑ λειτουργέω (li‑toorg‑eh'‑o);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Daniel 1

BSB (1)

Daniel 1

CSB (1)

Daniel 1

ESV (1)

Daniel 1

KJV (1)

Daniel 1

LEB (1)

Daniel 1

LSB (2)

Ezekiel 1

Daniel 1

N95 (1)

Daniel 1

NAS (1)

Daniel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Daniel 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2854) s m s (סהמסה ShMSh) AC: ? CO: Sun AB: ?: [from: ms- a hot wind from the sun causing desolation] (eng: sun - with the exchange of the s and sh and the n and m)

N^f ) s m s (סהמסה ShMSh) - I. Sun:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Serve:[Unknown connection to root; Aramaic only] KJV (136): sun, ministered - Strongs: H8120 (שְׁמַשׁ), H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ), H8122 (שְׁמַשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. [שְׁמַשׁ] verb Pa`el minister (ᵑ7

Pa`el id., תַּשְׁמִישׁ use; Palmyrene שמש, תשמיש, SAC¹¹⁴, compare 122Lzb³⁷⁹; Syriac , ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , Pa, Late Hebrew שִׁמֵּשׁ, תַּשְׁמִישׁ; Egyptian šms, servant, Coptic šemše, compare WMM in Buhl¹⁴); — Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּתּ Daniel 7:10 were ministering to him.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שְׁמַשׁ Chald. Pael, שַׁמֵּשׁ to minister, Daniel 7:10. Syr. idem.

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List of Word Forms

יְשַׁמְּשׁוּנֵּ֔הּ ישמשונה yə·šam·mə·šūn·nêh yəšamməšūnnêh yeshammeshunNeh