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Lexicon :: Strong's H8068 - šāmîr

Aa
שָׁמִיר
Transliteration
šāmîr
Pronunciation
shaw-meer'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From שָׁמַר (H8104) in the original sense of pricking
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TWOT Reference: 2416a

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).

  1. 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.
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H8068

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:6 - And I will lay it H7896 waste: H1326 it shall H2168➔ not H3808 be pruned, ➔H2168 nor H3808 digged; H5737 but there shall come up H5927 briers H8068 and thorns: H7898 I will H6680➔ also H5921 command ➔H6680 the clouds H5645 that they rain no H4305 rain H4306 upon it. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:23 - And it shall come to pass H1961 in H3117➔ that H1931 day, ➔H3117 that every H3605 place H4725 shall be, H1961 where H834 there H8033 were H1961 a thousand H505 vines H1612 at a thousand H505 silverlings, H3701 it shall H1961➔ even be ➔H1961 for briers H8068 and thorns. H7898

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - With arrows H2678 and with bows H7198 shall H935➔ men come ➔H935 thither; H8033 because H3588 all H3605 the land H776 shall become H1961 briers H8068 and thorns. H7898

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - And on all H3605 hills H2022 that H834 shall be digged H5737 with the mattock, H4576 there shall H935➔ not H3808 come ➔H935 thither H8033 the fear H3374 of briers H8068 and thorns: H7898 but it shall be H1961 for the sending forth H4916 of oxen, H7794 and for the treading H4823 of lesser cattle. H7716

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For H3588 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:17 - And H1961➔ the light H216 of Israel H3478 shall be ➔H1961 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 H3117➔ one H259 day; ➔H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:4 - Fury H2534 is not H369 in me: H589 who H4310 would set H5414➔ the briers H8068 and thorns H7898 against me ➔H5414 in battle? H4421 I would go H6585 through them, I would burn them H6702 together. H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:13 - Upon H5921 the land H127 of my people H5971 shall come up H5927 thorns H6975 and briers; H8068 yea, H3588 upon H5921 all H3605 the houses H1004 of joy H4885 in the H7151➔ joyous H5947 city: ➔H7151

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 H5921 the table H3871 of their heart, H3820 and upon the horns H7161 of your altars; H4196

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:9 - As an adamant H8068 harder H2389 than flint H6864 have I made H5414 thy forehead: H4696 fear H3372 them H853 not, H3808 neither H3808 be dismayed H2865 at their looks, H6440 though H3588 they H1992 be a H1004➔ rebellious H4805 house. ➔H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:12 - Yea, H3820➔ they made H7760 their hearts ➔H3820 as an adamant stone, H8068 lest they should hear H8085 the law, H8451 and H853 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath sent H7971 in his spirit H7307 by H3027 the H5030➔ former H7223 prophets: ➔H5030 therefore came H1961 a H7110➔ great H1419 wrath ➔H7110 from H854 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
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