Shemonim שְׁמֹנִים

Shemonim (Hebrew שְׁמֹנִים, Strong's H8084) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “eighty”. It occurs 38 times in 37 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shemonim, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 5:25
  And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
• Genesis 5:26
  And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
• Genesis 5:28
  And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
• Genesis 16:16
  And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
• Genesis 35:28
  And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.And Isaac lived 180 years.

Exodus

• Exodus 7:7
  And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Numbers

• Numbers 2:9
  All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
• Numbers 4:48
  Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.And the number of men was 8,580.

Joshua

• Joshua 14:10
  And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

Judges

• Judges 3:30
  So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 22:18
  And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 19:32
  Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
• 2 Samuel 19:35
  I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 5:15
  And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;Solomon had 70,000 porters and 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains,
• 1 Kings 6:1
  And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 12:21
  And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.And when Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the whole house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against the house of Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 6:25
  And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
• 2 Kings 10:24
  And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
• 2 Kings 19:35
  And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 7:5
  And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
• 1 Chronicles 15:9
  Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:from the Hebronites, Eliel the chief and 80 of his relatives;
• 1 Chronicles 25:7
  So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 2:2
  And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.So he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
• 2 Chronicles 2:18
  And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
• 2 Chronicles 11:1
  And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
• 2 Chronicles 14:8
  And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 17:15
  And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.next to him, Jehohanan the commander, and with him 280,000;
• 2 Chronicles 17:18
  And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
• 2 Chronicles 26:17
  And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men:Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.

Ezra

• Ezra 8:8
  And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him 80 men;

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 7:26
  The men of Beth–lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188;
• Nehemiah 11:18
  All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

Esther

• Esther 1:4
  When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.

Psalms

• Psalm 90:10
  The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 6:8
  There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 37:36
  Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 41:5
  That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).