Lexicon :: Strong's H8143 - šenhabîm

שֶׁנְהַבִּים
Transliteration
šenhabîm
Pronunciation
shen-hab-beem'
Part of Speech
masculine plural noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שֵׁן (H8127) and the pl. apparently of a foreign word
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2422c

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁנְהַבִּים shenhabbîym, shen-hab-beem'; from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk:—ivory.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H8143 in the following manner: ivory (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H8143 in the following manner: ivory (2x).

  1. ivory

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁנְהַבִּים shenhabbîym, shen-hab-beem'; from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk:—ivory.
STRONGS H8143: Abbreviations
† שֶׁנְהַבִּים apparently noun masculine [plural], in list of Solomon's imports, 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21, AV RV ivory (elsewhere שֵׁן alone); hence הַבִּים = elephants according to Ges (in Thes) Ew Hi SchrZMG xxvii (1873), 709 COT 1 Kings, compare (2 Chronicles, and A in 1 Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, (in 1 Kings) dentes elephantorum, ; but this very dubious; < read RöThes Th Be CheEB 1154 שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים ivory (and) ebony (Ezekiel 27:15).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

10:22

2 Chronicles

9:21

Ezekiel

27:15