שֶׁמֶן
šemen
fat
Strong's H8081NounHebrewTWOT 2410c

שֶׁמֶן (šemen) is a Hebrew noun meaning fat. It appears 193 times in 26 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8081).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2410c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2410c)fat, oil; grease, richness; anointing, oiled, ointment, olive, pine
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֶׁ֫מֶן noun, masculine: fat, oil

Strong's H8081 שֶׁמֶן: grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV:anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2410: שָׁמֵן šāmēn — grow fat; fat; shine, be, make, oily, gross; become fat

See it in Scripture

Genesis 28:18Exodus 25:6Leviticus 2:1

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