Shamir שָׁמִיר

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Shamir
שָׁמִיר
Transliterationshamir
Strong's numberH8069 (H8069H, H8069G, H8069I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossShamir
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inJudges (2)

Shamir (Hebrew שָׁמִיר, Strong's H8069) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Shamir”. It occurs 4 times.

Definition

H8069H: Shamir

§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

H8069G: Shamir

§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
a town in the mountain district of Judah

H8069I: Shamir

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.24;
son of: Micah (H4318J)
Another name of sha.mur (שָׁמוּר "Shamir" H8053)
§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
1) a town in the mountain district of Judah
2) a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVshamir (3)
BSBshamir (2)

Verses

Every verse with Shamir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Joshua

Judges

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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