Shimmamon שִׁמָּמוֹן
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| שִׁמָּמוֹן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shimmamon |
| Strong's number | H8078 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | horror |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Shimmamon (Hebrew שִׁמָּמוֹן, Strong's H8078) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “horror”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
horror, dismay, appalment
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | astonishment (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | despair (1), dread (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shimmamon, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
- Ezekiel 12:19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).