Shemesh
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Strong's Hebrew
5885. En Shemesh -- "spring of (the) sun," a place on the border ...
En Shemesh. 5884, 5885. En Shemesh. 5886 . "spring of (the) sun," a place
on the border between Judah and Benjamin. Transliteration ...
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5905. Ir Shemesh -- "city of the sun," a city in Dan
Ir Shemesh. 5904, 5905. Ir Shemesh. 5906 . "city of the sun," a city
in Dan. Transliteration: Ir Shemesh Phonetic Spelling: (eer ...
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1053. Beth Shemesh -- "sun temple," three places in Palestine ...
Beth Shemesh. 1052, 1053. Beth Shemesh. 1054 . "sun temple," three
places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt. Transliteration ...
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8121. shemesh -- sun
... 8120, 8121. shemesh. 8122 . sun. Transliteration: shemesh Phonetic Spelling:
(sheh'-mesh) Short Definition: sun. ... See also Beyth Shemesh. ...
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8120. shemash -- to minister
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to the root of shemesh Definition to minister
NASB Word Usage attending (1). minister. ... see HEBREW shemesh. 8119, 8120. ...
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8125. Shamsheray -- a Benjamite
... Word Origin from the same as shemesh Definition a Benjamite NASB Word Usage Shamsherai
(1). Shamsherai. ... see HEBREW shemesh. 8124, 8125. Shamsheray. 8126 . ...
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8123. Shimshon -- a deliverer of Isr.
... Word Origin from the same as shemesh Definition a deliverer of Isr. ... Samson. From
shemesh; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite -- Samson. see HEBREW shemesh. ...
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8122. shemash -- sun
... Word Origin (Aramaic) corresponding to shemesh Definition sun NASB Word Usage sunset*
(1). sun. (Aramaic) corresponding to shemesh; the sun -- sun. ...
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3996. mabo -- entrance, a coming in, entering
... From bow'; an entrance (the place or the act); specifically (with or without shemesh)
sunset or the west; also (adverb with preposition) towards -- by which ...
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8124. Shimshay -- a scribe who opposed Isr.
... NASB Word Usage Shimshai (4). Shimshai. (Aramaic) from shemesh; sunny; Shimshai,
a Samaritan -- Shimshai. see HEBREW shemesh. 8123, 8124. Shimshay. 8125 . ...
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Library

Importance of Small Things in Religion
... Placing the terrible captive upon a new cart, they left the oxen to bear it as they
pleased, and by divine providence the ark was carried to Beth-shemesh. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/importance of small things in.htm

Antipatris. Caphar Salama.
... the Gemarists, "From Gebath to Antipatris."""From Gebath to Antipatris (say they)
were sixty myriads of cities, the least of which was Beth-Shemesh." We do ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 58 antipatris caphar salama.htm

Repentance and victory
... The ark had spread disaster in Philistia and Beth-shemesh, and the willingness of
the men of Kirjath-jearim to receive it was a token of their devotion. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/repentance and victory.htm

The Old Testament and Archeology
... At present (1912) the site of ancient Beth-Shemesh is being excavated. The German
Palestine Society was organized in 1877 for a similar purpose. ...
/.../the christian view of the old testament/chapter iv the old testament.htm

Heavenly Contemplation Assisted by Sensible Objects, and Guarded ...
... there shall be no blood, nor wrath, intermingled; nor shall we cry out, as the men
of Beth-shemesh, "Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God?" How ...
/.../the saints everlasting rest/chapter xv heavenly contemplation assisted.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... and abide at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?" They met near Beth-shemesh, on the ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

Thesaurus
Shemesh (24 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Shemesh (24 Occurrences). Joshua ... river. The border passed
along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel. ...
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En-shemesh (2 Occurrences)
En-shemesh. Enshemesh, En-shemesh. En-she'mesh . Easton's Bible Dictionary
Fountain ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EN-SHEMESH. en ...
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Ir-shemesh (1 Occurrence)
Ir-shemesh. Irshemesh, Ir-shemesh. Ir-she'mesh . Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
IR-SHEMESH. ur-she'-mesh, ir-she'-mesh (`ir shemesh, "city of the sun"). ...
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Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)
Beth-shemesh. Bethshemesh, Beth-shemesh. Beth-she'mesh . Easton's Bible Dictionary
House of the sun. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BETH-SHEMESH. ...
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Beth-she'mesh (20 Occurrences)
Beth-she'mesh. Beth-shemesh, Beth-she'mesh. Beth-shemeshite . Multi-Version
Concordance Beth-she'mesh (20 Occurrences). Joshua 15 ...
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Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BETH-SHEMESH. ... Analysis and comparison of the passages
in the Bible where a Beth-shemesh is mentioned show four places of this name. ...
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Kiriathjearim
... dan ("the camp of Dan") is described as between Zorah and Eshtaol; see MAHANEH-DAN.)
To this sanctuary the ark of Yahweh was brought, from Beth-shemesh by the ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... dan ("the camp of Dan") is described as between Zorah and Eshtaol; see MAHANEH-DAN.)
To this sanctuary the ark of Yahweh was brought, from Beth-shemesh by the ...
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Sunworship
... under special phases, Horus, Tum, Aten; a special seat of sun-worship was Heliopollis,
the Old Testament On, called in Jeremiah 43:13 Beth-shemesh, "house of ...
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Sun (1708 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews shemesh), first mentioned along with the
moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Genesis 1:14-18). ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about sun worship? | GotQuestions.org

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Concordance
Shemesh (24 Occurrences)

Joshua 15:7
The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.
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Joshua 15:10
and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
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Joshua 18:17
It extended northward, went out at En Shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim. It went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
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Joshua 19:22
The border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
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Joshua 19:38
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 19:41
The border of their inheritance was Zorah, Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 21:16
Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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Judges 1:33
Naphtali didn't drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
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1 Samuel 6:9
Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us."
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1 Samuel 6:12
The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
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1 Samuel 6:13
They of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
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1 Samuel 6:14
The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
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1 Samuel 6:15
The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.
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1 Samuel 6:18
and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of Yahweh, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
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1 Samuel 6:19
He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
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1 Samuel 6:20
The men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?"
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1 Kings 4:9
Ben Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;
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2 Kings 14:11
But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
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2 Kings 14:13
Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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1 Chronicles 6:59
and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;
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2 Chronicles 25:21
So Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.
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2 Chronicles 25:23
Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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2 Chronicles 28:18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived there.
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Jeremiah 43:13
He shall also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.
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Subtopics

Shemesh

Related Terms

En-shemesh (2 Occurrences)

Ir-shemesh (1 Occurrence)

Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)

Beth-she'mesh (20 Occurrences)

Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)

Kiriathjearim

Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)

Sunworship

Sun (1708 Occurrences)

Shaalbim (2 Occurrences)

Sun-worship

Timnah (12 Occurrences)

Enshemesh (2 Occurrences)

Amazi'ah (37 Occurrences)

Irshemesh (1 Occurrence)

En-she'mesh (2 Occurrences)

En (19 Occurrences)

Beth-anath (2 Occurrences)

Chariots (118 Occurrences)

Anath (4 Occurrences)

Unwalled (39 Occurrences)

Cows (33 Occurrences)

Beth (115 Occurrences)

Heres (7 Occurrences)

Amaziah (41 Occurrences)

Lords (63 Occurrences)

Direction (128 Occurrences)

Zorah (10 Occurrences)

Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)

Kirjathjearim (17 Occurrences)

Naphtalites (1 Occurrence)

Northward (41 Occurrences)

Juttah (3 Occurrences)

Jeho'ash (16 Occurrences)

Judah's (18 Occurrences)

Laborers (19 Occurrences)

Lowing (3 Occurrences)

Geliloth (2 Occurrences)

Ir-she'mesh (1 Occurrence)

Faced (32 Occurrences)

Taskwork (14 Occurrences)

Tributary (9 Occurrences)

Ending (22 Occurrences)

Makaz (1 Occurrence)

Pasturelands (42 Occurrences)

Beth-shemite (2 Occurrences)

Bethshemite (2 Occurrences)

Adummim (2 Occurrences)

Adum'mim (2 Occurrences)

Angle (19 Occurrences)

Sorek (1 Occurrence)

Slope (29 Occurrences)

Section (22 Occurrences)

Passes (74 Occurrences)

Ascent (32 Occurrences)

Expel (29 Occurrences)

Dispossessed (42 Occurrences)

Cart (12 Occurrences)

Villages (106 Occurrences)

Jehoash (28 Occurrences)

North (164 Occurrences)

Forced (84 Occurrences)

Boundary (83 Occurrences)

Voices (76 Occurrences)

Ahazi'ah (33 Occurrences)

Continued (148 Occurrences)

Suburbs (75 Occurrences)

Ends (108 Occurrences)

Jo'ash (44 Occurrences)

Shemer (4 Occurrences)

Pulled (84 Occurrences)

Astronomy

Drove (89 Occurrences)

Tore (59 Occurrences)

Pasture (120 Occurrences)

Corner (60 Occurrences)

Faces (158 Occurrences)

Captured (143 Occurrences)

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