H8143: שֶׁנְהַבִּים
shenhabbîym · pronounced shen-hab-beem' · “ivory”
Definition
probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk
KJV translates it as: ivory.
Word origin: from H8127 (שֵׁן) and the plural apparently of a foreign word;
Extended definition
ivory
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8143 is translated
- ivories ×2
Bible verses with H8143 (shenhabbîym)
Shenhabbîym appears in 2 verses.
- 1 Kings 10:22
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21
For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.