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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.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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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.

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

Micah 3:6
H8121

Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

Nahum 3:17
H8121

Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

Habakkuk 3:11
H8121

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.

Malachi 1:11
H8121

For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 4:2
H8121

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Matthew 5:45
G2246

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Matthew 13:6
G2246

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Matthew 13:43
G2246

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 17:2
G2246

And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Matthew 24:29
G2246

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mark 1:32
G2246

And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.

Mark 4:6
G2246

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Mark 13:24
G2246

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

Mark 16:2
G2246

And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

Luke 4:40
G2246

Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

Luke 21:25
G2246

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luke 23:45
G2246

And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.

Acts 2:20
G2246

The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

Acts 13:11
G2246

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.

Acts 26:13
G2246

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

Acts 27:20
G2246

And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.

1 Corinthians 15:41
G2246

There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.

Ephesians 4:26
G2246

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

James 1:11
G2246

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Revelation 1:16
G2246

And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

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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