שֵׁן
šēn
tooth
Strong's H8127NounHebrewTWOT 2422a

שֵׁן (šēn) is a Hebrew noun meaning tooth. It appears 55 times in 19 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8127).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2422a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2422a)tooth, ivory; sharp, cliff; crag
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֵׁן noun, feminine: tooth, ivory

Strong's H8127 שֵׁן: a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV:crag, × forefront, ivory, × sharp, tooth.

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 2422: שָׁנַן šānan — whet, sharpen; incisively; point, pierce, inculcate; prick, sharp, teach diligently

See it in Scripture

Genesis 49:12Leviticus 24:20Numbers 11:33

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