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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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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7 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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Joshua 1:4
H8121

From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

Joshua 8:29
H8121

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Joshua 10:12
H8121

Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Joshua 10:13
H8121

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Joshua 10:13
H8121

And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

Joshua 10:27
H8121

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 12:1
H8121

Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

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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