Word Study for H8125 (שַׁמְשְׁרַי)

Shamshᵉray /sham-sher-ah'-ee/ Ask about this word

Meaningsunlike; Shamsherai, an Israelite

KJV usageShamsherai.

Word Study

In depth

A plain-language study of Shamshᵉray — the range of meaning it carries, how Scripture actually uses it, and where it points. Written for readers who don’t know the original language.

Core Meaning & Semantic Range

The Hebrew name Shamshᵉray, represented by H8125, means sunlike. It appears 1 times across 1 unique verses in the Bible. This name is used to identify a specific Israelite.

Biblical Occurrences & Contextual Analysis

The single appearance of H8125 is in a genealogical list in 1 Chronicles 8:26. Here, the individual Shamsherai is named alongside Shehariah H7841 and Athaliah H6271. The verse serves to document lineage without providing further narrative context about the individuals mentioned.

Related Words & Concepts

Several related words appear in the same context:

H7841 Shᵉcharyâh (Jah has sought; Shecharjah, an Israelite; Shehariah): This individual is listed with Shamsherai in the same genealogical record 1 Chronicles 8:26.
H6271 ʻĂthalyâh (Jah has constrained; Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites; Athaliah): This name, also listed in the genealogy, is prominent elsewhere as the queen who destroyed the royal seed 2 Kings 11:1 and whose sons broke up the house of God 2 Chronicles 24:7.

Theological Significance

The significance of H8125 is rooted in its etymology and its function within the biblical text.

Genealogical Record: The primary role of this name is to document an individual within the biblical genealogies, as seen in its sole appearance in 1 Chronicles 8:26.
Implied Meaning: The name's definition, "sunlike," suggests a specific characteristic, though the scripture provided does not elaborate on this attribute in relation to the person named.

Summary

In summary, H8125 is a name that appears once in scripture to identify an Israelite named Shamsherai. While its meaning is sunlike, its function in the biblical record is purely as a genealogical marker, placing this individual in the historical lists of 1 Chronicles. It is found alongside other names, including Shehariah and Athaliah.

How the KJV Renders It

Translation

Strong’s lists the renderings but not their weight. These are counted from the King James text of the tagged verses — the bar under each is how often the translators actually reached for it. Select one to filter the occurrences below.

Grammatical Forms

Morphology

In the Hebrew Old Testament, this word appears as a noun across 1 occurrence, inflected in 1 grammatical form — each row is one form, and the bar is how often it is that form. Select any form to read what each part of its name means, and to filter the occurrence list to it.

שַׁמְשְׁרַי

Theographic Context

Context

The people, places, and span of history the verses containing this word touch on — drawn from the theographic tagging of Scripture. Select any name to isolate its verses in the occurrence list.

Biblical Distribution

Distribution

1 verse, all in 1 Chronicles — and none of the other 38 Old Testament books.

Every Occurrence

Concordance

Every verse where the word is tagged in the King James text. Filter by book, by the English word the translators chose, by grammatical form, or search within the verses.

Sources. Definition and numbering: James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890). Morphology: STEPBible / Tyndale House (CC BY). Verse tagging: the King James text keyed to Strong’s numbers. Every count on this page is computed from the tagged corpus, not estimated.