Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #8143 - שֶׁנְהַבֵּים shenhabbim (ivory)

Original Word:	שֶׁנְהַבֵּים
Transliteration:	shenhabbim
Definition:	ivory
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(shen-hab-beem')
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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

Englishman's Concordance

1) ivory
Part of Speech: noun masculine plural
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8127 and the plural apparently of a foreign word
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2422c

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)הָבְנִיםivory (and) ebony (Ezekiel 27:15).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 8143. שֶׁנְהַבִּים (shenhabbim) — 2 Occurrences

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

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