Strong's Lexicon

H8047

H8047 — שַׁמָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshammahnoun femOccurrences: 39TWOT: 2409d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8047
Word:שַׁמָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H8074
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:39
Transliteration:shammah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:sham-maw'
Meaning:1. ruin 2. (by implication) consternation
KJV Renderings:astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8801

I. שַׁמָּה noun feminine waste, appalment (24 t. Jeremiah); — absolute ׳ שׁ Jer 5:30 +; plural absolute שַׁמּוֺת Ps 46:9

1. a waste, of land, city, etc., Hos 5:9; Isa 5:9; Isa 13:9; Isa 24:12; Zech 7:14; Jer 2:15; Jer 4:7; Jer 18:16; Jer 19:8; Jer 46:19; Jer 48:9; Jer 50:3; Jer 51:29; Jer 51:43, vine Joel 1:7 person Ps 73:19 וּשְׁמָמָה ׳ כּוֺם שׁ Ezek 23:33 .
2. appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people land etc., Deut 28:37; 2Kgs 22:19; Mic 6:16; Zeph 2:15; Jer 5:30; Jer 25:9; Jer 25:11; Jer 25:18; Jer 25:38; Jer 29:18; Jer 44:12; Jer 44:22; Jer 49:13; Jer 49:17; Jer 50:23; Jer 51:37; Jer 51:41; 2Chr 29:8; 2Chr 30:7 ׳ הֶחֱזִָק֑תְנִ ׳ שׁ Jer 8:21.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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