Lexicon :: Strong's H8068 - šāmîr

שָׁמִיר

Transliteration

šāmîr

Pronunciation

shaw-meer'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׁמַר (H8104) in the original sense of pricking

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2416a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמִיר shâmîyr, shaw-meer'; from H8104 in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond:—adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H8068 in the following manner: brier (8x), adamant (1x), adamant stone (1x), diamond (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H8068 in the following manner: brier (8x), adamant (1x), adamant stone (1x), diamond (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

thorn(s), adamant, flint
1. thorns, thorn-bushes
2. adamant (as sharp)
3. a sharp stone, flint
  1. perhaps a diamond

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שָׁמִיר shâmîyr, shaw-meer'; from H8104 in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond:—adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8068: Abbreviations

† I. שָׁמִיר noun masculine: Ezekiel 3:9 thorn(s), adamant, flint; — absolute שׁ׳ Isaiah 5:6 +; suffix שְׁמִירוֺ Isaiah 10:17; —

1. collective thorns, thorn-bushes, token of waste-land, only Isaiah, + שַׁיִת Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23, 24, 25; Isaiah 27:4; figurative Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 10:17; קוֺץ שׁ׳ Isaiah 32:13.

2. adamant, as sharp, כְּתוּבָה ֗֗֗ בְּצִמֹּרֶן שׁ׳ Jeremiah 17:1 (|| בְּעֵט בַּדְוֶל); as hard, figurative of prophet's firmness Ezekiel 3:9; Zechariah 7:12 figurative of hard heart.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

5:6; 5:6; 7:23; 7:24; 7:25; 9:17; 10:17; 10:17; 27:4; 32:13

Jeremiah

17:1

Ezekiel

3:9; 3:9

Zechariah

7:12

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H8068 matches the Hebrew שָׁמִיר (šāmîr),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Isa 5:6

Isa 5:6 - And I will lay^H7896 it waste:^H1326 it shall not be pruned,^H2168 nor digged;^H5737 but there shall come up^H5927 briers^H8068 and thorns:^H7898 I will also command^H6680 the clouds^H5645 that they rain^H4305 no rain^H4306 upon it.

Isa 7:23

Isa 7:23 - And it shall come to pass in that day,^H3117 that every place^H4725 shall be, where there were a thousand^H505 vines^H1612 at a thousand^H505 silverlings,^H3701 it shall even be for briers^H8068 and thorns.^H7898

Isa 7:24

Isa 7:24 - With arrows^H2671 and with bows^H7198 shall men come^H935 thither; because all the land^H776 shall become briers^H8068 and thorns.^H7898

Isa 7:25

Isa 7:25 - And on all hills^H2022 that shall be digged^H5737 with the mattock,^H4576 there shall not come thither^H935 the fear^H3374 of briers^H8068 and thorns:^H7898 but it shall be for the sending forth^H4916 of oxen,^H7794 and for the treading^H4823 of lesser cattle.^H7716

Isa 9:18

Isa 9:18 - For wickedness^H7564 burneth^H1197 as the fire:^H784 it shall devour^H398 the briers^H8068 and thorns,^H7898 and shall kindle^H3341 in the thickets^H5442 of the forest,^H3293 and they shall mount up^H55 like the lifting up^H1348 of smoke.^H6227

Isa 10:17

Isa 10:17 - And the light^H216 of Israel^H3478 shall be for a fire,^H784 and his Holy One^H6918 for a flame:^H3852 and it shall burn^H1197 and devour^H398 his thorns^H7898 and his briers^H8068 in one^H259 day;^H3117

Isa 27:4

Isa 27:4 - Fury^H2534 is not in me: who would set^H5414 the briers^H8068 and thorns^H7898 against me in battle?^H4421 I would go^H6585 through them, I would burn^H6702 them together.^H3162

Isa 32:13

Isa 32:13 - Upon the land^H127 of my people^H5971 shall come up^H5927 thorns^H6975 and briers;^H8068 yea, upon all the houses^H1004 of joy^H4885 in the joyous^H5947 city:^H7151

Jer 17:1

Jer 17:1 - The sin^H2403 of Judah^H3063 is written^H3789 with a pen^H5842 of iron,^H1270 and with the point^H6856 of a diamond:^H8068 it is graven^H2790 upon the table^H3871 of their heart,^H3820 and upon the horns^H7161 of your altars;^H4196

Eze 3:9

Eze 3:9 - As an adamant^H8068 harder^H2389 than flint^H6864 have I made^H5414 thy forehead:^H4696 fear^H3372 them not, neither be dismayed^H2865 at their looks,^H6440 though they be a rebellious^H4805 house.^H1004

Zec 7:12

Zec 7:12 - Yea, they made^H7760 their hearts^H3820 as an adamant stone,^H8068 lest they should hear^H8085 the law,^H8451 and the words^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 hath sent^H7971 in his spirit^H7307 by^H3027 the former^H7223 prophets:^H5030 therefore came a great^H1419 wrath^H7110 from the LORD^H3068 of hosts.^H6635

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שָׁמִיר

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