Eight
שְׁמֹנֶהStrong’s H8083shemoneh (she-mo-neh)
Appears in 105 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shemoneh is the Hebrew word usually translated “eight”, “eight-” and “eight of”. It appears in 105 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:”
Meaning
- Eight, eightheight (as cardinal number) · eighth (as ordinal number) · in combination with other numbers
How it's translated
- and eight 43
- eight 32
- eight- 24
- in eight- 3
- with eight 2
- eight of 1
- for eight- 1
- and in eight 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 14
- 1 Chronicles 13
- Genesis 11
- 2 Chronicles 11
- 2 Kings 10
- Ezra 7
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 5:7And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:10And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:13And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:16And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
- Genesis 5:17And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
- Genesis 5:19And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
All 105 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁמֹנֶה shemoneh · eight
1) eight, eighth 1a) eight (as cardinal number) 1b) eighth (as ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “eight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EIGHT, adjective
[Latin octo.]
Twice four; expressing the number twice four. Four and four make eight
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.