H7950 - שֶׁלֶג (sheleg)

H7950 שֶׁלֶג (sheleg) sheh'-leg

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

snow

Strong's Definition

snow (probably from its whiteness)

Derivation: from H7949 (שָׁלַג);

KJV Usage: snow(-y).

TWOT Reference: 2391a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) snow

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G5510

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

snow Aramaic equivalent: te.lag (תְּלַג "snow" H8517)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֶׁלֶג sheleg BDB Definition: 1) snow Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7949 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2391a Total KJV Occurrences: 21

Bible Occurrences (20)

4:6

12:10

23:20

5:27

11:22

6:16 9:30 24:19 37:6 38:22

51:7 147:16 148:8

25:13 26:1 31:21

1:18 55:10

18:14

4:7

Exodus 4:6

Furthermore, the LORD said to [Moses], Put... your hand inside your cloak. So he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out,... his hand [was] leprous, white as snow.

Numbers 12:10

As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she [was] leprous,

2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada [was] a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. [He] struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

2 Kings 5:27

Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever! And as Gehazi left his presence, [he was] leprous— [as white] as snow.

1 Chronicles 11:22

And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. [He] struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.

Job 6:16

darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,

Job 9:30

If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,

Job 24:19

As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.