שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh(sheh'-mesh)
“the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement”
121 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Translated in KJV as
[phrase] east side(-ward)sun (rising)[phrase] west(-ward)window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
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“At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.”