שֶׁנְהַבִּים shenhabbîym
Meaning
probably, tooth of elephants, i.e. ivory tusk
In the King James Version: ivory.
Derivation: from H8127 (שֵׁן) and the plural apparently of a foreign word;
Where it is used
- 1 Kings 10:22 For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
- 2 Chronicles 9:21 For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.