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2 Kings 25:17
“The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8083 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
- Derivation
- or שְׁמוֹנֶה; feminine שְׁמֹנָה; or שְׁמוֹנָה; apparently from H8082 (שָׁמֵן) through the idea of plumpness;
- KJV renderings
- eight(-een, -eenth), eighth.
- Grammar
- שְׁמֹנֶה֩ — cardinal number, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 109 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:4Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:10Genesis 5:13Genesis 5:16
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁמֹנֶה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.