Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
snow
Usage: snow Aramaic equivalent: te.lag (תְּלַג "snow" H8517)
sheleg - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H7950 שֶׁלֶג (sheleg) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sheleg (sheh'-leg) n-m. 1. snow (probably from its whiteness) [from H7949] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include snow. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
sheleg (sheh'-leg) n-m. 1. snow (probably from its whiteness) [from H7949] KJV: snow(-y). Root(s): H7949
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snow
Usage: snow Aramaic equivalent: te.lag (תְּלַג "snow" H8517)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sheleg, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
20 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7950.
And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7950, grouped by book.
Strong's H7950 is a Hebrew entry for H7950 שֶׁלֶג (sheleg). sheleg (sheh'-leg) n-m. 1. snow (probably from its whiteness) [from H7949]
This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H7950 across 11 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7950 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as snow. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.