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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Sun

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

160exact KJV occurrences 130Old Testament 30New Testament 36books containing the word 6mapped Strong's IDs 159occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 15:12

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:5

And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where sun appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 66 verses Exodus 44 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 22 verses Deuteronomy 88 verses Joshua 76 verses Judges 55 verses 1 Samuel 11 verses 2 Samuel 55 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 2 Kings 43 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 1414 verses Ecclesiastes 3532 verses Song of Solomon 22 verses Isaiah 1210 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Ezekiel 22 verses Daniel 11 verses Joel 33 verses Amos 11 verses Jonah 21 verses Micah 11 verses Nahum 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Malachi 22 verses Matthew 55 verses Mark 44 verses Luke 33 verses Acts 44 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Ephesians 11 verses James 11 verses Revelation 1111 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH8121
שֶׁמֶשׁ

shemesh · sheh'-mesh

119 times translated as this KJV form121 total Strong's occurrences

n

the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement

Strong's KJV usage: east side(-ward), sun (rising), west(-ward), window. See also 1053.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 15:12Strong's last: Malachi 4:2

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HebrewH2535
חַמָּה

chammâh · kham-maw'

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

heat; by implication, the sun

Strong's KJV usage: heat, sun.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 30:28Strong's last: Isaiah 30:26

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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12 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Isaiah 13:10
H8121

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.

Isaiah 24:23
H2535

Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously.

Isaiah 30:26
H2535

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 30:26
H2535

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

Isaiah 38:8
H8121

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Isaiah 38:8
H8121

Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.

Isaiah 41:25
H8121

I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Isaiah 45:6
H8121

That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.

Isaiah 49:10
H8121

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

Isaiah 59:19
H8121

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.

Isaiah 60:19
H8121

The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Isaiah 60:20
H8121

Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

sun

SUN, noun

1. The splendid orb or luminary which, being in or near the center of our system of worlds, gives light and heat to all the planets. The light of the sun constitutes the day, and the darkness which proceeds form its absence, or the shade of the earth, constitutes the night. Psalms 136:8.

2. In popular usage, a sunny place; a place where the beams of the sun fall; as, to stand in the sun that is, to stand where the direct rays of the sun fall.

3. Any thing eminently splendid or luminous; that which is the chief source of light or honor. The natives of America complain that the sun of their glory is set.

I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignty to posterity.

4. In Scripture, Christ is called the sun of righteousness, as the source of light, animation and comfort to his disciples.

5. The luminary or orb which constitutes the center of any system of worlds. The fixed stars are supposed to be suns in their respective systems.

Under the sun in the world; on earth; a proverbial expression.

There is no new thing under the sun Ecclesiastes 1:3.

SUN, verb transitive To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the light of the sun; to insolate; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain.

--Then to sun thyself in open air.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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