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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8143 - שֶׁנְהַבִּים

Transliteration

shenhabbîym

Phonetics

shen-hab-beem'

Origin

from (H8127) and the pl. apparently of a foreign word

Parts of Speech

masculine plural noun

TWOT

2422c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

ivory

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1661 ‑ ἐλεφάντινος (el‑ef‑an'‑tee‑nos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

CSB (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

KJV (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

LEB (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

LSB (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

N95 (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (2)

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

3062) b h n s (סהנההב ShNHhB) AC: ? CO: Tusk AB: ?: [from: ns- a tooth]

N^m ) b h n s (סהנההב ShNHhB) - Tusk: An ivory tusk. KJV (2): ivory - Strongs: H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שֶׁנְהַבִּים apparently noun masculine [plural], in list of Solomon's imports, 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21, AV RV ivory (elsewhere שֵׁן alone); hence הַבִּים = elephants according to Ges (in Thes) Ew Hi Schr^{ZMG xxvii (1873), 709} COT^1Kings, compare ᵐ5 ( 2 Chronicles , and A in 1Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, ᵑ9 (in 1Kings) dentes elephantorum, ᵑ7; but this very dubious; < read Rö^Thes Th Be Che^{EB 1154} שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים ivory (and) ebony ( Ezekiel 27:15).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שֶׁנְהַבִּים m. pl. ivory, 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21 (LXX. ὀσόντες ἐλεφάντινοι. Targ. שֵׁן דְּפִיל tooth of an elephant), compounded of שֵׁן tooth, and (as was first shewn by Ag. Benary in Annal. Litt. Berol. 1831, No. 96) הָאִבִּים contr. הַבִּים, from the Sanscr. ibha-s (whence with the Arabic art. Gr. ἐλ-έφας), an elephant, which the Hebrews could only pronounce אִבָּה or אִבָּא (pl. אִבִּים). This is more suitable than what I formerly supposed, namely that שֶׁנְהַבִּים was a corruption of שֶׁנְהַפִּיל, from פִּיל elephant.

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List of Word Forms

שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים שנהבים šen·hab·bîm šenhabbîm shenhabBim