Shen שֵׁן

Shen (Hebrew שֵׁן, Strong's H8127) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “tooth”. It occurs 55 times in 48 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8127G: tooth

H8127H: tooth: ivory

H8127I: tooth: crag

H8127J: tooth: prong

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

Genesis

• Genesis 49:12
  His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.

Exodus

• Exodus 21:24
  Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
• Exodus 21:27
  And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 24:20
  Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Numbers

• Numbers 11:33
  And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 19:21
  And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
• Deuteronomy 32:24
  They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:13
  And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
• 1 Samuel 14:4
  And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
• 1 Samuel 14:5
  The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 10:18
  Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.
• 1 Kings 22:39
  Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 9:17
  Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.Additionally, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

Job

• Job 4:10
  The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.The lion may roar, and the fierce lion may growl, yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
• Job 13:14
  Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
• Job 16:9
  He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
• Job 19:20
  My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
• Job 29:17
  And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
• Job 39:28
  She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
• Job 41:14
  Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about.Who can open his jaws, ringed by his fearsome teeth?

Psalms

• Psalm 3:7
  Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
• Psalm 35:16
  With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
• Psalm 37:12
  The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
• Psalm 45:8
  All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.
• Psalm 57:4
  My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Psalm 58:6
  Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.O God, shatter their teeth in their mouths; O LORD, tear out the fangs of the lions.
• Psalm 112:10
  The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
• Psalm 124:6
  Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:26
  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 25:19
  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.Like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.
• Proverbs 30:14
  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 4:2
  Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
• Song of Solomon 5:14
  His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
• Song of Solomon 6:6
  Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
• Song of Solomon 7:4
  Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 31:29
  In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
• Jeremiah 31:30
  But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:16
  All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
• Lamentations 3:16
  He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 18:2
  What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
• Ezekiel 27:6
  Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; of wood from the coasts of Cyprus they made your deck, inlaid with ivory.
• Ezekiel 27:15
  The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

Joel

• Joel 1:6
  For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

Amos

• Amos 3:15
  And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
• Amos 4:6
  And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
• Amos 6:4
  That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Micah

• Micah 3:5
  Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:7
  And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

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).