Quick Definition
tooth
Strong's Definition
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
Derivation: from H8150 (שָׁנַן); compare H8143 (שֶׁנְהַבִּים)
KJV Usage: crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.
TWOT Reference: 2422a
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
שֵׁן (shen) — tooth. : tooth 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock
שֵׁן (shen) — tooth: ivory. : ivory 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock
שֵׁן (shen) — tooth: crag. : crag 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock
שֵׁן (shen) — tooth: prong. : prong 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁנן
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tooth
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Landforms
Collocation: שֵׁן סֶלַע
crag literally: tooth of a rock; hence: = a steep rugged rock or cliff
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁן n.f. tooth, ivory base