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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Sun
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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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35 occurrences in 32 verses.
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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
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.
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh · sheh'-mesh
119 times translated as this KJV form121 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H8121 profile →ἥλιος
hḗlios · hay'-lee-os
30 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
the sun; by implication, light
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ east, sun.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:45Strong's last: Revelation 22:5
Open full G2246 profile →חַמָּה
chammâh · kham-maw'
5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
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
Open full H2535 profile →חֶרֶס
chereç · kheh'-res
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
the sun
Strong's KJV usage: sun.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 8:13Strong's last: Job 9:7
Open full H2775 profile →אוֹר
ʼôwr · ore
1 times translated as this KJV form123 total Strong's occurrences
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: bright, clear, day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Strong's first: Job 31:26Strong's last: Job 31:26
Open full H216 profile →שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh · sheh'-mesh
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
the sun
Strong's KJV usage: sun.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:14Strong's last: Daniel 6:14
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H8121
Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
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<<A Psalm of Asaph.>> The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
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They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
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His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
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The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
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For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
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His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
H8121
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
H8121
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens.
H8121
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.
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The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
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The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
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Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
H8121
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
H8121
The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
H8121
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
H8121
Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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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