Hebrew words starting with shin/sin
709 words in the Bible begin with shin/sin (ש), listed most frequent first. This is page 2 of 4. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- shulשׁוּלthe lower hem of a long robe: the bottom border that runs all the way around and trails nearest the ground
- shavahשַׁוְעָהa cry for help: the urgent shout of someone in trouble, normally raised to God and carrying the expectation that he will hear and rescue
- shamirשָׁמִירa thorny weed or brier: the wild, prickly scrub that overruns neglected ground
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- adamant: the hardest known stone, used for cutting and engraving and as an image of unbending hardness
- shasahשָׁסָהto plundernot studied yet
- sheqetsשֶׁקֶץa detestable creature: an animal the law puts off-limits, to be met with open disgust and not merely kept at a distance
- sha'ananשַׁאֲנָןundisturbed and unafraid: settled in an ease that is either God's gift of safety or a person's own smug indifference
- save'aשָׂבֵעַhaving had enough: full or sated, whether of food, of years, or of anything else that has come in full measure
- shevaשֶׁבַעSheba son of Bichri: a Benjaminite who led Israel's tribes in a short-lived revolt against King David right after Absalom's rebellion collapsed
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- Sheba: the second name in Simeon's list of towns in Joshua 19, most likely Beersheba's own name written a second time rather than a genuinely separate town
- Sheba son of Abihail: the head of one of seven family lines listed among the leaders of the tribe of Gad who settled in Bashan, east of the Jordan
- shekhanyahשְׁכַנְיָהוּShecaniahnot studied yet
- shelemyahשֶׁלֶמְיָהוּShelemiahnot studied yet
- shamenשָׁמֵןrich with fat or oil: so well supplied that it thrives and yields abundantly
- sherirutשְׁרִירוּתthe settled self-will of the heart: a course a person has fixed on for himself and keeps walking instead of listening to God
- shatalשָׁתַלto transplant: to set out an already-rooted shoot or young tree in a chosen, well-watered place
- she'alti'elשְׁאַלְתִּיאֵלShealtielnot studied yet
- shivyahשִׁבְיָהa captured population seen as one body: the prisoners an army carries off, and the captivity they are carried into
- shevnaשֶׁבְנָאShebnanot studied yet
- sheverשֶׁבֶרgrain as something bought and sold: the food a household pays for when its own harvest has failed
- shovalשׁוֹבָלShobalnot studied yet
- shekhavahשְׁכָבָהa man's emission of semen, and the act of intercourse that releases it, named in the fixed legal phrase "emission of seed"
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- a layer of what has settled on the ground, used of the coating of dew around the camp
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחShelahnot studied yet
- shalashשָׁלַשׁto make something three: cut it into three parts, do it a third time, or describe it as coming in threes
- semaliשְׂמָאלִיon the left: marking which of two matching things, a hand, a side, or a pillar, is the left one
- shamatשָׁמַטto let drop: to let something fall out of your hold, whether an object, a field left unworked, or a debt you stop collecting
- shananשָׁנַןto sharpen: to hone a blade, arrow, or weaponized speech to a cutting edge
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- to impress upon: to teach a child by driving words in deeply, again and again
- shasaשָׁסַעto split in two: to cleave something apart down its length, or to be divided that way already, as a cloven hoof is.
- sha'aשָׁעַעto seal a person's eyes shut, as if smeared over, so that they cannot see
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- to delight: to take warm, playful pleasure in someone or something, or to give that pleasure to another
- shashu'aשַׁעֲשֻׁעִיםdelight: the fond, repeated pleasure someone takes in a person or thing, and the cherished person or thing itself
- shephiשְׁפִיa bare height: open high ground scraped clean of trees, crops, and cover.
- shiryonשִׁרְיוֹןa coat of scale armor: a shirt faced with rows of small overlapping metal or leather plates, worn to protect the body in battle
- shetשֵׁתSeth: the third named son of Adam and Eve, born after Abel's death as the child through whom the family line of promise carries on.
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- Sheth: a disputed word in Balaam's oracle (Numbers 24:17), in the phrase "sons of Sheth" whom Israel's coming king will crush, whose meaning has never been settled.
- shetiשְׁתִיwarp: the lengthwise threads stretched on a loom, across which the crosswise threads are woven
- savaשָׂבָעplenty: a food supply so large that there is more than enough, the opposite of famine.
- sovaשֹׂבַעfullness that satisfies: as much as it takes to meet a need, whether food eaten to the full or joy at its fullest
- savarשָׂבַרto look expectantly for what has not yet come: to fix your hope on it, whether or not it arrives
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- to look something over closely: to go along examining what condition it is in
- svokhohשׂוֹכֹה, שֹׂכֹהSocohnot studied yet
- shunammitשׁוּנַמִּיתShunammitesnot studied yet
- shelahשֵׁלָהShelahnot studied yet
- shalevשָׁלֵוat ease: settled and undisturbed, comfortable enough that nothing feels threatening
- shalvahשַׁלְוָהundisturbed quiet: the calm of being safe and comfortable with nothing pressing in, a calm Scripture can either bless or condemn
- shelaḥשֶׁלַחweapon: something sent or wielded against an enemy, of no one particular kind
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- shoots: the new growth a plant sends out
- shalatשָׁלַטto have the upper hand: to hold real power over a person or a thing, or to hand that power to someone
- shelomitשְׁלֹמִיתShelomothnot studied yet
- shinarשִׁנְעָרShinarnot studied yet
- sa'arשָׂעַרto shudder with horror: to bristle and recoil at the sight of something terrible
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- to storm: to rage as a windstorm does, or to seize someone and whirl them away
- shaphatשָׁפָטShaphatnot studied yet
- shereveyahשֵׁרֵבְיָהSherebiahnot studied yet
- sharashשָׁרַשׁto take root: to send roots down into the soil and get a firm hold, or to give a plant its roots so that it holds
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- to root out: to tear something out of the ground roots and all, so that it cannot grow back
- she'agahשְׁאָגָהa roar: the deep, carrying cry of a lion, and the same raw sound forced out of a person in pain.
- shevanyahשְׁבַנְיָהוּShebaniahnot studied yet
- shagaשָׁגַעto be out of one's right mind, or to act like it: madness that shows itself in how a person behaves.
- shu'alשׁוּעָלfox or jackal: the small wild dog of open country and ruins, named by one Hebrew word that never chooses between the two animals
- shaḥalשַׁחַלlion: the great predator, named by a rare poetic word and almost always invoked for its deadly strength
- shishaqשִׁישַׁקShishaknot studied yet
- shayitשַׁיִתthornbushnot studied yet
- shakkulשַׁכּוּלbereaved of her young: left without children or offspring that were born and then taken away
- sheletשֶׁלֶטa piece of a fighting man's gear, usually taken to be a shield: costly enough to be plated with gold, kept in royal and temple stores, and hung up on walls for display
- shammahשַׁמָּהShammahnot studied yet
- sa'arahשַׂעֲרָהhairnot studied yet
- shiqmahשִׁקְמָהsycamorenot studied yet
- shaqatsשִׁקֵּץto treat as detestable: to brand something loathsome and push it away in disgust
- sharonשָׁרוֹןSharonnot studied yet
- saraphשָׂרָףa venomous, burning serpent: a snake whose bite is remembered for a burning pain, and in Isaiah's poetry pictured as winged
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- one of the six-winged, burning beings that Isaiah saw standing above God's throne, crying out his holiness
- shereqahשְׁרֵקָהhissingnot studied yet
- sharsherahשַׁרְשְׁרָהchainnot studied yet
- sha'ahשָׁאָהto crashnot studied yet
- shevu'elשְׁבוּאֵלShebuelnot studied yet
- sevamשְׂבָםSibmahnot studied yet
- sovahשׇׂבְעָהsatietynot studied yet
- shivatayimשִׁבְעָתַיִםsevenfold: in full and complete measure, with seven standing for the whole of something rather than a counted seven
- shevetשֶׁבֶתseatnot studied yet
- shedemahשְׁדֵמָהfieldnot studied yet
- shiddaphonשִׁדָּפוֹןblightnot studied yet
- shurשׁוּרShurnot studied yet
- shaḥorשָׁחֹרblacknot studied yet
- satahשָׂטָהto turn asidenot studied yet
- shataḥשָׁטַחto spreadnot studied yet
- satamשָׂטַםto hatenot studied yet
- satanשָׂטַןto stand against someone as their adversary, whether by open hostility or by bringing a charge against them
- shetephשֶׁטֶףfloodnot studied yet
- shiloniשִׁילֹנִיShilonitenot studied yet
- shammayשַׁמַּיShammainot studied yet
- shamemשָׁמֵםdevastatednot studied yet
- shasasשָׁסַסto plunder: to strip people or a place bare by force, the way raiders do when they ransack whatever they overrun
- shiphahשִׁפְעָהabundancenot studied yet
- shaqadשָׁקַדbe almond shapednot studied yet
- shaqaשָׁקַעto sinknot studied yet
- shaqaqשָׁקַקto rushnot studied yet
- shaqarשָׁקַרto dealnot studied yet
- shatanשָׁתַןto urinate: in the Bible only ever inside the coarse phrase "one who urinates against a wall", a contemptuous way of saying "a male", used when a whole household is to be wiped out
- sha'anשָׁאַןto restnot studied yet
- se'orשְׂאֹרsourdough starter: the lump of already fermented dough held back from one baking to make the next batch rise
- shegerשֶׁגֶרoffspringnot studied yet
- shede'urשְׁדֵיאוּרShedeurnot studied yet
- shuḥahשׁוּחָהpitnot studied yet
- shuḥiשׁוּחִיShuhitenot studied yet
- shaḥatשָׁחוּטbeatennot studied yet
- shittimשִׁטִּיםShittimnot studied yet
- shakhakhשָׁכַךְto subsidenot studied yet
- shalahשָׁלָהto be undisturbed: to have trouble stay away from you, and so to live quietly and do well
- shelumi'elשְׁלֻמִיאֵלShelumielnot studied yet
- shilleshשִׁלֵּשׁthirdnot studied yet
- samalשִׂמְאֵלto go leftnot studied yet
- shammu'aשַׁמּוּעַShammuanot studied yet
- shemittahשְׁמִטָּהthe release: Deuteronomy's technical term for the seventh-year cancellation of debts, and for the year that release falls in
- shamanשָׁמֵןto grow fatnot studied yet
- shemaשֶׁמַעShemanot studied yet
- shimaשִׁמְעָאShimeanot studied yet
- shemerשֶׁמֶרdregnot studied yet
- shemerשֶׁמֶרShemernot studied yet
- shimronשִׁמְרוֹןShimronnot studied yet
- saphamשָׂפָםmustachenot studied yet
- shaphatשָׁפַתto setnot studied yet
- sarahשָׂרָהa woman of the ruling class: a princess, queen, or noble lady, whose rank comes from the household she belongs to
- serugשְׂרוּגSerugnot studied yet
- sararשָׂרַרto hold and exercise the authority of a chief: to govern as one placed in command over others
- shararשׁוֹרֵרa watchful enemy: an opponent who keeps hostile watch over you, waiting for the chance to strike
- sheshanשֵׁשָׁןSheshannot studied yet
- shagagשָׁגַגto go astraynot studied yet
- sagahשָׂגָהto increasenot studied yet
- sederahשְׂדֵרָהranknot studied yet
- shovavשׁוֹבָבturning backnot studied yet
- shovavשׁוֹבָבShobabnot studied yet
- shuphשׁוּףto strike, crush, or fall heavily upon
- shuqשׁוּקa street: the ordinary lane of a town, the narrow public way running between the houses rather than an open square
- shurשׁוּרwallnot studied yet
- shutelaḥשׁוּתֶלַחShuthelahnot studied yet
- shaḥaqשָׁחַקto beatnot studied yet
- sidשִׂידlimenot studied yet
- si'aḥשִׂיחַa wild shrub or bush, a low woody plant of the untended countryside
- shiḥorשִׁיחוֹרShihornot studied yet
- shekhovetשְׁכֹבֶתa man's sexual emission, spoken of as a deposit placed into another body
- selavשְׂלָוquailnot studied yet
- shallitשַׁלִּיטdomineeringnot studied yet
- salmaשַׂלְמָאSalmonnot studied yet
- shamirשָׁמִירShamirnot studied yet
- shemiramotשְׁמִירָמוֹתShemiramothnot studied yet
- samlahשַׂמְלָהSamlahnot studied yet
- shomaשֹׁמַעreportnot studied yet
- shimoniשִׁמְעֹנִיSimeonnot studied yet
- shimriשִׁמְרִיShimrinot studied yet
- shemaryahשְׁמַרְיָהוּShemariahnot studied yet
- sheninahשְׁנִינָהtauntnot studied yet
- shenirשְׂנִירSenirnot studied yet
- shesaשֶׁסַעcleftnot studied yet
- sa'arשַׂעַרshudderingnot studied yet
- sha'arurahשַׁעֲרוּרָהhorrornot studied yet
- shaqedשָׁקֵדalmondnot studied yet
- sharetserשַׁרְאֶצֶרSharezernot studied yet
- sharvitשַׁרְבִֿיטscepternot studied yet
- seradשְׂרָדbraidingnot studied yet
- shataqשָׁתַקbe quietnot studied yet
- nasaqשָׂלַקto kindlenot studied yet
- se'ipimשְׂעִפִּיםdisquietingsnot studied yet
- she'atשְׁאָטscornnot studied yet
- shatשׁוּטto despisenot studied yet
- shevetשֶׁבֶתcessationnot studied yet
- shabbtayשַׁבְּתַיShabbethainot studied yet
- seguvשְׂגוּבSegubnot studied yet
- shagaḥשָׁגַחto gazenot studied yet
- shigga'onשִׁגָּעוֹןmadnessnot studied yet
- sadadשָׂדַדto harrownot studied yet
- siddimשִׂדִּיםValleynot studied yet
- shadaphשָׁדַףto scorchnot studied yet
- saharonשַׂהֲרוֹןcrescentnot studied yet
- shovevשׁוֹבֵבbackslidingnot studied yet
- shu'aḥשׁוּחַto sinknot studied yet
- sholalשׁוֹלָלbarefootnot studied yet
- shunemשׁוּנֵםShunemnot studied yet
- shu'aשׁוּעַShuanot studied yet
- sho'aשׁוֹעַrichnot studied yet
- shuqשׁוּקto overflow with abundance: to brim past what something can hold, or to make it do so
- surשׂוּרto reignnot studied yet
- shurשׁוּרto travelnot studied yet
- shazaphשָׁזַףto seenot studied yet
- saḥahשָׂחָהto swimnot studied yet
- shayשַׁיgiftnot studied yet
- siḥahשִׂיחָהmeditationnot studied yet
- shekholשְׁכוֹלbereavementnot studied yet
- shekhemשֶׁכֶםShechemnot studied yet
- shikkaronשִׁכָּרוֹןdrunkennessnot studied yet
- shalavשַׁלָבִּיםframenot studied yet
- shalhevetשַׁלְהֶבֶתa blazing flame: fire at full force, the strongest word Hebrew has for a flame
- shillu'aḥשִׁלּוּחִיםparting giftnot studied yet
- shillumשִׁלּוּםrecompensenot studied yet
- shelomotשְׁלֹמוֹתShelomothnot studied yet
- shemidaשְׁמִידָעShemidanot studied yet
- sheminitשְׁמִינִיתa musical direction attached to a psalm, literally "the eighth", whose exact sense is lost: most likely the low bass part an octave beneath the higher voices, possibly an eight-stringed instrument.
- shimahשִׁמְעָהShimeahnot studied yet
- shanaשָׁנָאto changenot studied yet
- sho'alשֹׁעַלhandfulnot studied yet
- sha'alvimשַׁעַלְבִיםShaalbimnot studied yet
- sha'arayimשַׁעֲרַיִםShaaraimnot studied yet
- shuppimשֻׁפִּיםShuppimnot studied yet
- seraḥשֶׂרַח, שָׂרַחSerahnot studied yet
- saratשָׂרַטto incisenot studied yet
- sarigשָׂרִיגtendrilnot studied yet
- saraשָׂרַעto extendnot studied yet
- soreqשֹׂרֵקvinenot studied yet
- sheshayשֵׁשַׁיSheshainot studied yet
- sepheqשֶׂפֶקmockerynot studied yet