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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
Dictionary Aids

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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“I will lay H7896 it waste H1326;

It will not be pruned H2168 nor hoed H5737,

But briars H8068 and thorns H7898 will come H5927 up H5927.

I will also command H6680 the clouds H5645 not to rain H4305 H4306 on it.”

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And it will come H1961 about H1961 on that day H3117, that every H3605 place H4725 where H834 H8033 there used to be a thousand H505 vines H1612, valued at a thousand H505 shekels of silver H3701, will become H1961 briars H8068 and thorns H7898.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:24 - People will come H935 there H8033 with bows H7198 and arrows H2671, because H3588 all H3605 the land H776 will be briars H8068 and thorns H7898.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:25 - As for all H3605 the hills H2022 which H834 used to be cultivated H5737 with the plow H4576, you will not go H935 there H8033 for fear H3374 of briars H8068 and thorns H7898; but they will become H1961 a place H4916 for H4916 [fn]pasturing H4916 oxen H7794 and for sheep H7716 to trample H4823.

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For wickedness H7564 burns H1197 like a fire H784;

It consumes H398 briars H8068 and thorns H7898;

It also sets H3341 the thickets H5442 of the forest H3293 aflame H3341

And they roll H55 upward H55 in a column H1348 of smoke H6227.

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And the Light H216 of Israel H3478 will become H1961 a fire H784 and [fn]Israel’s Holy H6918 One H6918 a flame H3852,

And it will burn H1197 and devour H398 [fn]his thorns H7898 and his briars H8068 in a single H259 day H3117.

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“I have H369 no H369 wrath H2534.

Should [fn]someone H4310 give H5414 Me briars H8068 and thorns H7898 in battle H4421,

Then I would step H6585 on them, I would burn H3341 them [fn]completely H3162.

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For the land H127 of my people H5971 in which thorns H6975 and briars H8068 will come H5927 up H5927;

Indeed H3588, for all H3605 the joyful H4885 houses H1004 and for the jubilant H5947 city H7151.

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The sin H2403 of Judah H3063 is written H3789 with an iron H1270 stylus H5842;

With a diamond H8068 point H6856 it is engraved H2790 on the tablet H3871 of their hearts H3820

And on the horns H7161 of [fn]their altars H4196,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:9 - “Like emery H8068 harder H2389 than H4480 flint H6864 I have made H5414 your forehead H4696. Do not be H3372 afraid H3372 of them or be dismayed H2865 before H4480 H6440 them, since H3588 they are a rebellious H4805 house H1004.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:12 - “They also made H7760 their hearts H3820 as hard as a diamond H8068 [fn]so H4480 that H4480 they could not H4480 hear H8085 the Law H8451 and the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 had sent H7971 by His Spirit H7307 through H3027 the former H7223 prophets H5030; therefore great H1419 wrath H7110 came H1961 from the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.
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