Lexical Summary shen: teeth Original Word: שֵׁן Strong's Exhaustive Concordance tooth (Aramaic) corresponding to shen; a tooth -- tooth. see HEBREW shen NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) corresponding to shen Definition tooth NASB Translation teeth (3). Brown-Driver-Briggs [שְׁנָא] verb change (see Biblical Hebrew I. שׁנה); — Pe`al Perfect3masculine plural שְׁנוֺ Daniel 3:27, suffix שְׁנוֺ֫הִי Daniel 5:6 (read probably שְׁנוֺ עֲלוֺהִ); Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁנֵא Daniel 7:24, 3feminine singular תִּשְׁנֵא Daniel 6:18; Daniel 7:23; Participle active feminine singular שַׁנְיָא Daniel 7:19; masculine plural שָׁנַ֫יִן Daniel 5:9, feminine plural שָֽׁנְיָן Daniel 7:3; — intransitive change, be changed: of garment, by fire Daniel 3:27, brightness (זִיו) of face Daniel 5:6; Daniel 5:9, purpose Daniel 6:18; be different from (מִן) Daniel 7:3; Daniel 7:19; Daniel 7:23; Daniel 7:24. Pa`el Perfect3masculine plural שַׁנִּי (K§ 47 e), and Beisp. 3) Dan Daniel 3:28; Imperfect3masculine plural יְשַׁנּוֺן Daniel 4:13; Passive participle feminine singular מְשַׁנְיָא (Baer) Daniel 7:7; — transitive change Daniel 4:13 (לִבְבֵהּ מִןאֲֿנָשָׁא); = frustrate word of king Daniel 3:28; passive participle intransitive different Daniel 7:7 (מִן). Ithpa`al Perfect3masculine plural אִשְׁתַּנּוֺ Daniel 3:19 Kt (K§ 47, Belsp. 4; נִַּ֯ו NöGGA 1884, 1019 Str§ 23 d M24 *), > 3 masculine singular אִשְׁתַּנִּי Qr; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁתַּנֵּא Daniel 2:9, 3masculine plural נּ֑וֺ- (ן omitted in pause, K§ 26, 1, but modus apocop. NöGGA 1884, 1018, as יֵאבַ֫דוּ Jeremiah 10:11, יְהֲלוּךְ Daniel 5:10; see also Cooke166) Daniel 5:10, נוֺן- Daniel 7:28; — be changed: of זִיו Dan Daniel 5:10; Daniel 7:28 (see Pe`al; עַל person); צְלֵם אַנְמּוֺהִי Daniel 3:19 (id.); of time, conditions Daniel 2:9. Haph`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְהַשְׁנֵא Ezra 6:11; Infinitive לְהַשְׁנָיָה Ezra 6:12 +; Participle active מְהַשְׁנֵא Daniel 2:21; — transitive change, alter, times, etc. (see Ithpa`al) Dan Daniel 2:21; Daniel 7:25; accusative omitted Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:16; Daniel 6:12; frustrate edict (see Pa`el) Daniel 6:11. [שֵׁן] noun [feminine] tooth; — dual (of rows of teeth) absolute שִׁנַּ֫יִן Daniel 7:7; — suffix שניה Kt (K§ 53, 2. b)), שִׁנַּהּ Qr, Daniel 7:5; Daniel 7:19 (all of beasts in vision). Topical Lexicon Occurrences and narrative setting שֵׁן appears three times, all in the Aramaic section of Daniel (Daniel 7:5; 7:7; 7:19), each time in the prophetic night-vision depicting the succession of world empires. The word is always used of the “teeth” of two separate beasts—first of the bear-like second beast and then, twice, of the terrifying fourth beast. Prophetic imagery 1. Daniel 7:5 shows the second beast “raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh’ ”. The ribs caught between the teeth dramatize voracious conquest, a graphic pre-announcement of Medo-Persia’s swift expansion. Intertextual perspective While שֵׁן in Daniel is Aramaic, the Hebrew Scriptures often employ teeth as a metaphor for destructive power: “You break the teeth of the wicked” (Psalm 3:7), “They have the teeth of a lion” (Joel 1:6), or “He has made me grind my teeth on gravel” (Lamentations 3:16). Daniel’s vision aligns with this biblical pattern, in which teeth signal aggression that God will ultimately neutralize. Historical fulfillment and theological weight Early Jewish and Christian interpreters connected the second beast to Medo-Persia and the iron-toothed fourth beast to imperial Rome. History vindicates the imagery: both empires devoured territories and peoples with relentless efficiency. Yet Daniel 7 never leaves the beasts in control. The vision transitions to the courtroom of heaven where “One like a Son of Man… was given dominion and glory and kingship” (Daniel 7:13–14). The same chapter that records iron teeth also records their permanent silencing before the Ancient of Days. Ministry significance • Spiritual realism: World systems can be brutally predatory. Recognizing their “teeth” prevents naïve trust in political power. Forms and Transliterations וְשִׁנַּ֨יִן ושנין שִׁנַּ֑הּ שִׁנַּ֤הּ שנה shinNah šin·nah šinnah veshinNayin wə·šin·na·yin wəšinnayinLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Daniel 7:5 HEB: [שִׁנַּיַּהּ כ] (שִׁנַּ֑הּ ק) וְכֵן֙ NAS: between its teeth; and thus KJV: of it between the teeth of it: and they said INT: mouth between tooth and thus said Daniel 7:7 Daniel 7:19 3 Occurrences |
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