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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) — sun. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun c · עֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ · עִיר שֶׁמֶשׁ
Celestial Bodies
sun = celestial body ► that marks day and night and produces warmth and light for the earth
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Alive
Collocation: חזה שֶׁמֶשׁ · ראה שֶׁמֶשׁ
to see the sun, to be alive literally: to see the sun; hence: = process by which a baby is born alive and well, as opposed to a stillborn child
Know
Collocation: לְעֵינֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ
in the sight of the sun, in broad daylight literally: in the eyes of the sun; hence: = state in which an event takes place in clear daylight, for everyone to see
Know
Collocation: נֶגֶד שֶׁמֶשׁ
in broad daylight literally: opposite the sun; hence: = state in which an event takes place in clear daylight, for everyone to see
Names of Locations | ≈ אֹון
Collocation: בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
Beth-Shemesh, Heliopolis literally: house of the sun; hence: = town, also known as On, ◄ in Egypt; ► center of worship of the sun
Spatial Referents
Collocation: מָבֹוא שֶׁמֶשׁ
far west literally: the coming in of the sun; hence: = a referent pointing to the place where the sun sets; usually used to indicate the far west, or to specify the location of the Mediterranean Sea
Spatial Referents
Collocation: מִזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ
east, eastern, easterly, eastward literally: the rising of the sun; hence: = a referent pointing to the place where the sun rises
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Spatial Referents
Collocation: תַּחַת שֶׁמֶשׁ
under the sun, on earth literally: under the sun; hence: = a referent pointing to the place where all earthly events take place
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ 133 n.f. et m. sun sun
of direction: toward sun-rise, = East
obj. of worship
other phr.
pinnacle, as glittering, shining
base