Oil
שֶׁ֫מֶןStrong’s H8081shemen (she-men)
Appears in 176 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shemen is the Hebrew word usually translated “oil”, “oil of” and “olive”. It appears in 176 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Fat, oilfat, fatness · oil, olive oil · fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
How it's translated
- with oil 49
- oil 39
- oil of 24
- and oil 22
- the oil 17
- olive 4
- with oil of 3
- fatness 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 36
- Numbers 31
- Exodus 19
- Ezekiel 15
- Psalms 10
- Isaiah 10
26 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 35:14And 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 25:6Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
- Exodus 27:20And 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 29:2And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
- Exodus 29:7Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
- Exodus 29:21And 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.
All 176 verses, by book
- Leviticus 36
- 2:12:22:42:52:62:72:152:165:116:156:217:107:128:28:108:128:268:309:410:714:1014:1214:1514:1614:1714:1814:2114:2414:2614:2714:2814:2921:1021:1223:1324:2
- Numbers 31
- 4:94:165:156:157:137:197:257:317:377:437:497:557:617:677:737:798:811:815:415:615:928:528:928:1228:1328:2028:2829:329:929:1435:25
- Ezra 1
- 3:7
- Nehemiah 1
- 8:15
- Esther 1
- 2:12
- Job 1
- 29:6
- Amos 1
- 6:6
- Haggai 1
- 2:12
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫מֶן shemen · oil
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)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oil” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OIL, noun
It seems to be named from its inflammability, for aelan, is to kindle, and to oil; hence anaelan, to anneal; aeled, fire. Latin oleum; Gr.]
All definitions and other forms of “oil”
OIL, verb transitive
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil
OIL'-BAG, noun
A bag, cyst or gland in animals containing oil
OIL'-COLOR, noun
A color made by grinding a coloring substance in oil
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.