Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
šemeš n
1) sun
1a) sun
1b) sunrise, sun-rising, east, sun-setting, west (of direction)
1c) sun (as object of illicit worship)
1d) openly, publicly (in other phrases)
1e) pinnacles, battlements, shields (as glittering or shining)
Mentioned in Genesis 28:11, 15:12, 37:9, 15:17, 19:23, 32:32 Exodus 17:12, 22:2, 16:21, 22:25 Codex Leviticus 22:7 Numbers 21:11, 25:4 Deuteronomy 17:3, 4:41, 11:30, 16:6, 23:12, 24:15, 4:19, 24:13, 4:47, 33:14 Joshua 8:29, 10:27, 10:13, 10:12, 19:34, 1:15, 19:12, 19:27, 12:1, 23:4, 1:4, 13:5 Judges 5:31, 11:18, 9:33, 21:19, 19:14, 20:43 1 Samuel 11:9 2 Samuel 2:24, 3:35, 23:4, 12:11, 12:12 1 Kings 22:36 2 Kings 3:22, 23:11, 10:33, 23:5 Isaiah 60:20, 54:12, 60:19, 13:10, 38:8, 45:6, 59:19, 41:25, 49:10 Jeremiah 8:2, 31:35, 15:9 Ezekiel 8:16, 32:7 Joel 2:10, 4:15, 3:4 Amos 8:9 Jonah 4:8 Micah 3:6 Nahum 3:17 Habakkuk 3:11 Zechariah 8:7 Malachi 1:11, 3:20 Psalms 19:5, 148:3, 50:1, 104:22, 84:12, 74:16, 58:9, 72:17, 136:8, 72:5, 89:37, 113:3, 104:19, 121:6 Job 8:16 Song of Songs 1:6 Ecclesiastes 9:6, 1:3, 2:18, 2:22, 6:1, 6:12, 8:9, 8:15, 8:17, 9:3, 9:9, 2:19, 11:7, 12:2, 1:9, 2:11, 4:1, 5:17, 1:5, 9:13, 2:20, 4:7, 4:3, 4:15, 1:14, 2:17, 9:11, 5:12, 6:5, 7:11, 10:5, 3:16 Nehemiah 7:3 2 Chronicles 18:34