שְׁמֹנֶה
eight
‘eight’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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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.
Every verse where H8083 appears in the Book of Genesis — 11 distinct verses. 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
- 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.
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.:—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
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
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
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.
Derives from
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
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.
