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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22 of 121
“From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.”