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H8081 שֶׁמֶן (shemen) sheh'-men
Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

oil

Strong's Definition

grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness

Derivation: from H8080 (שָׁמַן);

KJV Usage: anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

TWOT Reference: 2410c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֶׁמֶן shemen BDB Definition: 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaphorically) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8080 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2410c Total KJV Occurrences: 181

Bible Occurrences (174)

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