Shemer שֶׁ֫מֶר
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| שֶׁ֫מֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shemer |
| Strong's number | H8105 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | dreg |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (1) |
Shemer (Hebrew שֶׁ֫מֶר, Strong's H8105) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “dreg”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
lees, dregs
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | lees (4), dregs (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | aged wine (2), dregs (1), its dregs (1), complacency (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shemer, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Psalms
- Psalm 75:8For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 25:6And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 48:11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil.And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
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).