Quick Definition
sun
Strong's Definition
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant;
KJV Usage: [phrase] east side(-ward), sun (rising), [phrase] west(-ward), window. See also H1053 (בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ).
TWOT Reference: 2417a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
BDB Definition:
1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Part of Speech: noun feminine or masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2417a
Total KJV Occurrences: 135