# שֵׁן (shen) Israeli respelling: shen. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H8127. 48 Old Testament occurrences. a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff King James renderings: crag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shen-h8127 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 49:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/12) — His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. - [Exodus 21:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/21/24) — Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, - [Exodus 21:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Leviticus 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Numbers 11:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 smot… - [Deuteronomy 19:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Deuteronomy 32:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 the… - [1 Samuel 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 seethi… - [1 Samuel 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [1 Samuel 14:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/5) — The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. - [1 Kings 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/10/18) — Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. - [1 Kings 22:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 wr… - [2 Chronicles 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/9/17) — Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. - [Job 4:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/4/10) — The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. - [Job 13:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/13/14) — Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? - [Job 16:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Job 19:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/19/20) — My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. - [Job 29:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/29/17) — And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. - [Job 39:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/39/28) — She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. - [Job 41:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/14) — Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. - [Psalms 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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. - [Psalms 35:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/35/16) — With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. - [Psalms 37:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/37/12) — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. - [Psalms 45:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/45/8) — All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. - [Psalms 57:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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… - [Psalms 58:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/58/6) — Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. - [Psalms 112:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/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. - [Psalms 124:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/124/6) — Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. - [Proverbs 10:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/26) — As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. - [Proverbs 25:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/19) — Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. - [Proverbs 30:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Song of Solomon 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 a… - [Song of Solomon 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/14) — His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. - [Song of Solomon 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Song of Solomon 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/4) — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon w… - [Jeremiah 31:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Jeremiah 31:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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. - [Lamentations 2:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 i… - [Lamentations 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/16) — He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. - [Ezekiel 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Ezekiel 27:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 C… - [Ezekiel 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 ebon… - [Joel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 gre… - [Amos 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, sait… - [Amos 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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, sa… - [Amos 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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… - [Micah 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 in… - [Zechariah 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…