שְׁמֹנֶה
eight
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 57 times (52%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 44 times (40%)
- Adjective, Cardinal number, Masculine, Singular, Construct 8 times (7%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 109 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H8083 appears — 105 distinct verses across 18 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 11 verses
- Genesis 5:4 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:7 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:10 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:13 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters
- Genesis 5:16 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:17 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, then he died.
- Genesis 5:19 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 14:14 שְׁמֹנָ֤ה adj Cardinal number ms When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.
- Genesis 17:12 שְׁמֹנַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner who is not of your seed.
- Genesis 21:4 שְׁמֹנַ֖ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him.
- Genesis 22:23 שְׁמֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Exodus 4 verses
- Exodus 26:2 שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:25 שְׁמֹנָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms There shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board.
- Exodus 36:9 שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:30 שְׁמֹנָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms There were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; under every board two sockets.
Numbers 6 verses
- Numbers 2:24 וּ/שְׁמֹֽנַת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
- Numbers 3:28 שְׁמֹנַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 4:48 שְׁמֹנַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
- Numbers 7:8 שְׁמֹנַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 29:29 שְׁמֹנָ֖ה adj Cardinal number ms On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;
- Numbers 35:7 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities; them [shall you give] with their suburbs.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 3:8 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs Therefore the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan Rishathaim eight years.
- Judges 3:14 שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
- Judges 10:8 שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs They vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years [oppressed they] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- Judges 12:14 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- Judges 20:25 שְׁמֹנַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
- Judges 20:44 שְׁמֹנָֽה adj Cardinal number ms There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these [were] men of valor.
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 4:15 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
- 1 Samuel 17:12 שְׁמֹנָ֣ה adj Cardinal number ms Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:13 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 23:8 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.
- 2 Samuel 24:9 שְׁמֹנֶה֩ adj Cardinal number fs Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
1 Kings 4 verses
- 1 Kings 7:10 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:15 שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
- 1 Kings 15:1 שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 16:29 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 3:1 שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
- 2 Kings 8:17 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 10:36 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
- 2 Kings 15:8 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶה֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
- 2 Kings 22:1 שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
- 2 Kings 22:3 בִּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,
- 2 Kings 23:23 בִּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24:8 שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24:12 שְׁמֹנֶ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
- 2 Kings 25:17 שְׁמֹנֶה֩ adj Cardinal number fs The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
1 Chronicles 13 verses
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 וּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
- 1 Chronicles 12:30 וּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.
- 1 Chronicles 12:31 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
- 1 Chronicles 12:35 וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 16:38 וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֑ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and Obed-edom with their brothers, sixty-eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;
- 1 Chronicles 18:12 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 23:3 וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.
- 1 Chronicles 24:4 שְׁמוֹנָֽה adj Cardinal number ms There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.
- 1 Chronicles 24:15 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,
- 1 Chronicles 25:7 וּ/שְׁמוֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
- 1 Chronicles 25:25 לִ/שְׁמוֹנָ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 26:9 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen.
- 1 Chronicles 29:7 וּ/שְׁמוֹנַ֥ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
2 Chronicles 11 verses
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 שְׁמוֹנֶֽה וּ/שְׁמוֹנָ֛ה adj Cardinal number fs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 13:1 שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3 בִּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 21:5 וּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 וּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֣ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
- 2 Chronicles 29:17 שְׁמוֹנָ֣ה שְׁמוֹנָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms adj Cardinal number ms Now they began on the first [day] of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Yahweh; and they sanctified the house of Yahweh in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
- 2 Chronicles 34:1 שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 וּ/בִ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה conj + prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images.
- 2 Chronicles 34:8 שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 35:19 בִּ/שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number fs In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 שְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה adj Cardinal number fs Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
Ezra 7 verses
- Ezra 2:6 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.
- Ezra 2:16 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
- Ezra 2:23 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
- Ezra 2:41 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred twenty-eight.
- Ezra 8:9 וּ/שְׁמֹנָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
- Ezra 8:11 וּ/שְׁמֹנָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males.
- Ezra 8:18 שְׁמֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
Nehemiah 14 verses
- Nehemiah 7:11 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred [and] eighteen.
- Nehemiah 7:13 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty-five.
- Nehemiah 7:15 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Binnui, six hundred forty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:16 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:21 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:22 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The children of Hashum, three hundred Twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:26 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, one hundred eighty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:27 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:44 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The singers: the children of Asaph, one hundred forty-eight.
- Nehemiah 7:45 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty-eight.
- Nehemiah 11:6 וּ/שְׁמֹנָ֖ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
- Nehemiah 11:8 וּ/שְׁמֹנָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.
- Nehemiah 11:12 שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
- Nehemiah 11:14 וּ/שְׁמֹנָ֑ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms and their brothers, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Jeremiah 4 verses
- Jeremiah 32:1 שְׁמֹנֶֽה adj Cardinal number fs The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
- Jeremiah 41:15 בִּ/שְׁמֹנָ֣ה prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.
- Jeremiah 52:21 שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה adj Cardinal number fs As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:29 שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number fs in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty-two persons;
Ezekiel 6 verses
- Ezekiel 40:9 שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה adj Cardinal number fs Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
- Ezekiel 40:31 שְׁמוֹנֶ֖ה adj Cardinal number fs The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
- Ezekiel 40:34 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The arches of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
- Ezekiel 40:37 וּ/שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs The posts of it were toward the outer court; and palm trees were on the posts of it, on this side, and on that side: and the ascent to it had eight steps.
- Ezekiel 40:41 שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they killed [the sacrifices].
- Ezekiel 48:35 שְׁמֹנָ֥ה adj Cardinal number ms It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
Micah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun שמנה centers on the idea of “eight.” The lexicon spreads it across several senses; see its full sense range. It appears 105 verses across 18 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Debuting at Genesis 5:4, it then recurs through the corpus. It shares a root with שמן, שמיני and שמנים. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8083 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 105
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 105 distinct verses.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #398
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 398 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 105 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Nehemiah 14 verses 13%
- 1 Chronicles 13 verses 12%
- Genesis 11 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 105 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 46 verses · 44%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 37 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 22 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Eight 55×, Eighteen 13×, Eighteenth 6×
- American Standard Version: Eight 53×, Eighteen 13×, Eighteenth 7×
- Berean Standard Bible: Eight 23×, Eighteenth 9×, Eighteen 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Eight 23×, Were 23×, Years 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8083 across 108 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8083 across 107 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8083 across 59 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 50 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8083 across 71 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 36 further occurrences.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. without other num.:
- a. שְׁמֹנֶה card., before n.pl. Ju 3:8 1 K 7:10 + 8 times; before n.sg. שָׁנָה 1 K 8:17 (Kt; Qr pl.), 22:1; after n.pl. Ez 40:31; ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ לְ 2 K 24:12, בִּשׁ׳ שָׁנִים לְ 2 Ch 34:3. e.g. Judges 3:8
- b. שְׁמֹנָה card., before n.pl. 1 S 17:12 + 3 times, + (n. om.) Je 14:15 + 2 times, also שׁ׳ אֵלֶּה Gn 22:23 these 8, and, as round no., Mi 5:4 7 and 8 (i.e. plenty); after n.pl. Nu 29:29; 2 Ch 29:17; ordin., בְּיוֹם שׁ׳ לְ v 17. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:12
- c. f. cstr. שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים Gn 17:12; 21:4, שׁ׳ הַבָּקָר Nu 7:8. e.g. Genesis 17:12
- 2. 8 + 10 = 18:
- a. c. n.f. שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה, card.: bef. sg. שָׁנָה Ju 3:14 + 2 times, אַמָּה 1 K 7:15 + 2 times; after n.pl. 1 Ch 26:9; 2 Ch 11:21; n. om. Ezr 8:18; Ne 7:11; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ ע׳ לְ 1 K 15:1 + 4 times; בִּשׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ 2 K 22:3 + 2 times; הַשָּׁנָה שׁ׳ ע׳ שָׁנָה לְ Je 32:1. e.g. Judges 3:14
- b. c. n.m. שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר card.: bef. sg. אֶלֶף Ju 20:44 + 4 times + ψ 60:2 (title), so read for שְׁנֵים ע׳, cf. 2 S 8:13 = 1 Ch 18:12; before pl. Ezr 8:9; n. om. Gn 14:14; ordin., n. om. 1 Ch 24:15; 25:15; שְׁמֹנַת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף Ju 20:25. e.g. Judges 20:44
- 3. c. other numerals:
- a. שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת 2 S 23:8 (so read also ‖ 1 Ch 11:11 Kit Benz, cf. Th We Dr al.), + 16 times. e.g. 2 Samuel 23:8
- b. שְׁמֹנָה אֶלֶף 1 Ch 12:36 (v 35 van d. H.), 23:3; שְׁמֹנַת אֲלָפִים Nu 2:24 + 3 times. e.g. 1 Chronicles 12:36
- c. שׁ׳, card., after tens 1 S 4:15 + 20 times; before ten, only שׁ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִים בָּאַמָּה Ex 26:2; 36:9; ordin., בִּשְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וּשׁ׳ שָׁנָה לְ 1 K 16:29; 2 K 15:8. e.g. 1 Samuel 4:15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
(less often שְׁמוֹנֶה), שְׁמֹנָה109 n.m. et f. eight (on—ֶ cf. BaNB 20, 200 and (against him) PhilippiBAS ii. 364; Arabic ثَمَانٍ, ثَمَانِيَةٌ, Sab. תֿמני(ת) HomChr 47, 122 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 369 f., 375; Aramaic תְּמָנֵי, תְּמַנְיָא, ܬܡܳܢܶܐ, ܬܡܳܢܝܳܐ; Nab. תמונא, Palm. תמניא, Lzb 386; NH = BH; Ph. שמן; Ethiopic ሰመንቱ, ሰማኒቱ on Assyrian equiv. v. Dl§ 75);—m. (c. n.f.) always abs. שְׁמֹנֶה Ju 3:8; + 40 times; f. (c. n.m.) abs. שְׁמֹנָה 1 S 17:12 + 34 times, cstr. שְׁמֹנַת Nu 2:24 + 3 times (cases of 8 + 10 = 18 are additional, v. infr.); pl. שְׁמֹנִים, 80, v. infr.:—
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Derived from שמן (shâmên) (H8082) — fat.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שְׁמֵנָה
- , v. שָׁמֵן II
שְׁמֹנֶה
- (b. h.) eight. Kidd. 30ᵃ, v. פָּסוּק. Men. 30ᵃ ש׳ פסוקים שבתורה the last eight verses of the Pentateuch. Yoma VII, 5 כהן … בש׳ כלים וכ׳ the high priest officiates in eight garments, and the common priest in four. Gen. R. s. 98 (play on שמנה, Gen. XLIX, 20) שהוא מעמיד בגדי ש׳ he (Asher) raises those who wear eight garments (marrying his dowered daughters into priestly families); a. v. fr.—ש׳ עשרה eighteen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ ע׳ שנה היתה בת וכ׳ for eighteen years in succession a voice came forth to Nebuchadnezzar &c.; a. fr.—Esp. ש׳ עשרה (with or sub. ברכות; abbrev. ש"ע) the eighteen benedictions of the daily prayer (תפלה). Ber. IV, 3 בכל יום … ש"ע וכ׳ on every ordinary day one must recite the eighteen benedictions &c.; מעין ש"ע an abstract of the eighteen &c. Tosef. ib. III, 25 ש"ע … כנגד ש׳ ע׳ הזכרות וכ׳ the eighteen benedictions … correspond to the eighteen invocations of the Divine Name in habu &c. (Ps. XXIX); Ber. 28ᵇ. Ib.; Meg. 17ᵇ הסדיר ש"ע וכ׳, v. סָדַר. Ab. V, 21, v. חוּפָּה; a. fr.—Pl. שְׁמֹנִים, שְׁמוֹ׳ eighty. Kidd. l. c. Ab. l. c. בן ש׳ at the age of eighty years; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 49:20
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Forms in the corpus
The 49 distinct written forms H8083 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8083, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 90 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 105 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:4
- Exodus 26:2
- Numbers 2:24
- Deuteronomy 2:14
- Joshua 21:41
- Judges 3:8
- 1 Samuel 4:15
- 2 Samuel 8:13
- 1 Kings 7:10
- 2 Kings 3:1
- 1 Chronicles 12:24
- 2 Chronicles 11:21
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
