8143. shenhabbim

Lexicon

shenhabbim: Ivory

Original Word: שֶׁנְהַבֵּים
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: shenhabbiym
Pronunciation: shen-hab-beem'
Phonetic Spelling: (shen-hab-beem')
KJV: ivory
NASB: ivory
Word Origin: [from H8127 (שֵׁן - teeth) and the plural apparently of a foreign word]

1. probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

ivory

From shen and the plural apparently of a foreign word; probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. Ivory tusk -- ivory.

see HEBREW shen

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
ivory
NASB Translation
ivory (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

שֶׁנְהַבִּים apparently noun masculine [plural], in list of Solomon's imports, 1 Kings 10:22 2Chronicles 9:21, AV RV ivory (elsewhere שֵׁן alone); hence הַבִּים = elephants according to Ges (in Thes) Ew Hi Schr^{ZMG xxvii (1873), 709} COT^1Kings, compare ᵐ5 (2 Chronicles, and A in 1Kings) ὀδόντων ἐλεφαντίνων, ᵑ9 (in 1Kings) dentes elephantorum, ᵑ7; but this very dubious; < read Rö^Thes Th Be Che^{EB 1154} שֵׁן (וְ)הָבְנִים ivory (and) ebony (Ezekiel 27:15).

Forms and Transliterations

שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים שנהבים šen·hab·bîm šenhabbîm shenhabBim

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 10:22
HEB: זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקֹפִ֖ים וְתֻכִּיִּֽים׃
NAS: and silver, ivory and apes
KJV: and silver, ivory, and apes,
INT: gold and silver ivory and apes and peacocks

2 Chronicles 9:21
HEB: זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקוֹפִ֖ים וְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃
NAS: and silver, ivory and apes
KJV: and silver, ivory, and apes,
INT: gold and silver ivory and apes and peacocks

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 8143
2 Occurrences

šen·hab·bîm — 2 Occ.