Shamem שָׁמֵם

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Shamem
שָׁמֵם
Transliterationshamem
Strong's numberH8074 (H8074G, H8074H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossbe desolate: destroyed
Occurrences86 in 81 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (21)

Shamem (Hebrew שָׁמֵם, Strong's H8074) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be desolate: destroyed”. It occurs 86 times in 81 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8074G: be desolate: destroyed

: destroyed/deserted
1) to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
1a2) to be appalled, be awestruck
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be desolated, be made desolate
1b2) to be appalled
1c) (Polel)
1c1) to be stunned
1c2) appalling, causing horror (participle)
1c2a) horror-causer, appaller (subst)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to devastate, ravage, make desolated
1d2) to appal, show horror
1e) (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
1f) (Hithpolel)
1f1) to cause to be desolate
1f2) to be appalled, be astounded
1f3) to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

H8074H: be desolate: appalled

: appalled
1) to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
1a2) to be appalled, be awestruck
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be desolated, be made desolate
1b2) to be appalled
1c) (Polel)
1c1) to be stunned
1c2) appalling, causing horror (participle)
1c2a) horror-causer, appaller (subst)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to devastate, ravage, make desolated
1d2) to appal, show horror
1e) (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
1f) (Hithpolel)
1f1) to cause to be desolate
1f2) to be appalled, be astounded
1f3) to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

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

Translated as

KJVdesolate (49), astonished (14), astonied (6), waste (5), desolations (4), desolation (3), bring (2), destroy (2), wondered (2), destroyed (1), astonishment (1), places (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBwill be appalled (6), desolate (5), desolation (4), are appalled (4), be appalled (3), are deserted (3), it lies desolate (2), horror (2), devastated (2), desolations (2), will be made desolate (2), causes desolation (2), and 48 other renderings

Verses

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

Leviticus

Numbers

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Job

Psalms

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Joel

Amos

Micah

Zephaniah

Zechariah

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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