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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - שָׁמִיר

שָׁמִיר

H8068

Transliteration: shâmîyr

Pronunciation: shaw-meer'

Definition: adamant


שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr | shaw-meer')
[Heb] שָׁמִיר OSHL: v.eh.ac TWOT: 2416a GK: H9031" class="dictionary-topic-link">H9031, H9032" class="dictionary-topic-link">H9032 Greek: ὕλη
Derivation: from שָׁמַר in the original sense of pricking;
Strong's: a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
KJV: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

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