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Strong's H8081 שֶׁמֶן (shemen)

Shemen means “olive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8081
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 176
Books 26

Strong's H8081 Quick Answer

Strong's H8081 שֶׁ֖מֶן is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shemen (sheh'-men) n-m. 1. grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed) 2. (figuratively) richness It has 176 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include anointing, anointed, olive, oil, and fat. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shemen (sheh'-men) n-m. 1. grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed) 2. (figuratively) richness
Usage
176 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
anointing, anointed, olive, oil, and fat

Meaning and Definition

shemen (sheh'-men) n-m. 1. grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed) 2. (figuratively) richness [from H8080] KJV: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive

Original Word
שֶׁ֖מֶן

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8081. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

oil

Usage: 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)

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How Strong's H8081 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H8081, 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.

anointing Exodus 25:6 20× anointed Exodus 29:2 11× olive Exodus 27:20 10× oil Genesis 28:18 anoint 2 Samuel 14:2 fat Leviticus 8:26

How Strong's H8081 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 176 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8081 by Corpus

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.

Strong's H8081 in the Old Testament

176 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 28:18 KJV

And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 35:14 KJV

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Exodus 25:6 KJV

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8081.

Genesis 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Genesis 35:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Exodus 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Exodus 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
Exodus 29:2 Old Testament, KJV
And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Exodus 29:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Exodus 29:21 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Exodus 29:23 Old Testament, KJV
And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
Exodus 29:40 Old Testament, KJV
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
Exodus 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:
Exodus 30:25 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil.
Exodus 30:31 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Exodus 31:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus 35:8 Old Testament, KJV
And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus 35:14 Old Testament, KJV
The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
Exodus 35:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
Exodus 35:28 Old Testament, KJV
And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exodus 37:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
Exodus 39:37 Old Testament, KJV
The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
Exodus 39:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
Exodus 40:9 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
Leviticus 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
Leviticus 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Leviticus 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.
Leviticus 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
Leviticus 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in the fryingpan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
Leviticus 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering.
Leviticus 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
Leviticus 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
Leviticus 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
Leviticus 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
Leviticus 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
Leviticus 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
Leviticus 8:26 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
Leviticus 8:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Leviticus 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you.
Leviticus 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
Leviticus 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.
Leviticus 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
Leviticus 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 14:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD.
Leviticus 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Leviticus 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
Leviticus 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
Numbers 4:9 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
Numbers 4:16 Old Testament, KJV
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
Numbers 7:13 Old Testament, KJV
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:31 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:37 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:43 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:49 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:55 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:61 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:67 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:73 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 7:79 Old Testament, KJV
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
Numbers 11:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
Numbers 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:6 Old Testament, KJV
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil.
Numbers 15:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
Numbers 28:5 Old Testament, KJV
And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.
Numbers 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
Numbers 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
Numbers 28:13 Old Testament, KJV
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
Numbers 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
Numbers 28:28 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,
Numbers 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
Numbers 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
Numbers 29:14 Old Testament, KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
Numbers 35:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Deuteronomy 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
Deuteronomy 28:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Deuteronomy 32:13 Old Testament, KJV
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy 33:24 Old Testament, KJV
And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
1 Samuel 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
1 Samuel 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
2 Samuel 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
1 Kings 1:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1 Kings 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
1 Kings 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings 6:31 Old Testament, KJV
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
1 Kings 6:32 Old Testament, KJV
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
1 Kings 6:33 Old Testament, KJV
So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
1 Kings 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
1 Kings 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
1 Kings 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
2 Kings 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
2 Kings 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
2 Kings 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
2 Kings 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
2 Kings 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
2 Kings 20:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
1 Chronicles 9:29 Old Testament, KJV
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
1 Chronicles 12:40 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 27:28 Old Testament, KJV
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
2 Chronicles 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
2 Chronicles 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2 Chronicles 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
Ezra 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8081, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 19 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 36 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 31 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 9 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 15 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8081 FAQ

What does shemen (שֶׁמֶן) mean?

Shemen (Strong's H8081) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "olive". shemen (sheh'-men) n-m. 1. grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed) 2. (figuratively) richness

How many times is shemen (שֶׁמֶן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 176 linked usages for Strong's H8081 across 26 books.

Where can I study shemen (שֶׁמֶן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8081 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shemen (שֶׁמֶן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as anointing, anointed, olive, oil, fat, and anoint. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.