The meaning of “שֶׁמֶן”
Understanding shemen reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine. - grease, especially liquid...
שֶׁמֶן
anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine. - grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed) - figuratively, richness 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 35:14 | “And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.” Word: שֶׁמֶן (shemen) | |
| 1 Samuel 16:1 | “And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.” Word: שֶׁמֶן (shemen) | |
| 2 Chronicles 2:15 | “Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:” Word: שֶׁמֶן (shemen) | |
| Psalms 104:15 | “And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.” Word: שֶׁמֶן (shemen) | |
| Jeremiah 41:8 | “But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.” Word: שֶׁמֶן (shemen) |
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