שֶׁנְהַבִּים
shenhabim · ivory
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8143 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shenhabim (שֶׁנְהַבִּים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ivory”.
Elephant tusk. A word that appears only in the list of what Solomon's ships brought.
How to say it
shen·ha·bim
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The hard white material of elephant tusks.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had ships of Tarshish at sea with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come, carrying gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king had ships going to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish would come carrying gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.