# שֶׁלֶג (sheleg)

Israeli respelling: she-leg. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7950. 20 Old Testament occurrences.

snow (probably from its whiteness)

King James renderings: snow(-y).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sheleg-h7950

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/4/6) — And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, beh…
- [Numbers 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/12/10) — And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behol…
- [2 Samuel 23:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/20) — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went do…
- [2 Kings 5:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/27) — The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as s…
- [1 Chronicles 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/11/22) — Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went do…
- [Job 6:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/6/16) — Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
- [Job 9:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/9/30) — If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
- [Job 24:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/19) — Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
- [Job 37:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/37/6) — For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
- [Job 38:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/38/22) — Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
- [Psalms 51:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/7) — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- [Psalms 147:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/147/16) — He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
- [Psalms 148:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/148/8) — Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- [Proverbs 25:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/13) — As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
- [Proverbs 26:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/26/1) — As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- [Proverbs 31:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/31/21) — She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
- [Isaiah 1:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/1/18) — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red li…
- [Isaiah 55:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/55/10) — For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud…
- [Jeremiah 18:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/14) — Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place…
- [Lamentations 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/7) — Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: