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Lexicon :: Strong's H8074 - šāmēm

Aa
שָׁמֵם
Transliteration
šāmēm
Pronunciation
shaw-mame'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2409

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁמֵם shâmêm, shaw-mame'; a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense):—make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x

The KJV translates Strong's H8074 in the following manner: desolate (49x), astonished (20x), desolation (7x), waste (5x), destroy (3x), wondered (2x), amazed (1x), astonishment (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 92x
The KJV translates Strong's H8074 in the following manner: desolate (49x), astonished (20x), desolation (7x), waste (5x), destroy (3x), wondered (2x), amazed (1x), astonishment (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled

      2. to be appalled, be awestruck

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be desolated, be made desolate

      2. to be appalled

    3. (Polel)

      1. to be stunned

      2. appalling, causing horror (participle)

        1. horror-causer, appaller (subst)

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated

      2. to appal, show horror

    5. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated

    6. (Hithpolel)

      1. to cause to be desolate

      2. to be appalled, be astounded

      3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁמֵם shâmêm, shaw-mame'; a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense):—make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.
STRONGS H8074: Abbreviations
† [שָׁמֵם] verb be desoleted, appalled (connection of meanings not clear) (Late Hebrew id.; Jewish-Aramaic שְׁמַם Ithp. be dazed); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שָׁמֵ֑מָה Ezekiel 35:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשֹּׁם; 1 Kings 9:8 +, 3rd person masculine plural יָשֹּׁ֫מּוּ Job 17:8; Psalm 40:16, etc.; Imperative masculine plural שֹׁ֫מוּ Jeremiah 2:19; Infinitive construct (?) metaplastic שַׁמוֺת Ezekiel 36:3 (Ges§ 67r, but see infra); — תֵּשַׁם, etc. (see [יָשַׁם]) are placed here by most; Ezekiel 6:6 reads תִּישָׁ֑מְנָה, see Ges § 67 p dd; — Participle שׁוֺמֵם Lamentations 3:11 (see also Pō`); feminine שֹׁמֵמָ֔ה (Ges§ 84a s) 2 Samuel 13:20 +; plural שׁוֺמֵמִין Lamentations 1:14, etc.; —
1. be desolated, of Tamar 2 Samuel 13:20 (i.e. deflowered, or deserted; others appalled), of person elsewhere late Lamentations 1:16; נְתָנַנִי שֹׁמֵמָה Lamentations 1:13, שָׂמַ֫נִי שׁ׳ Lamentations 3:11; participle as feminine noun בְּנֵי שׁוֺמֵמָה Isaiah 54:1 (opposed to בְּעוּלָה) [Daniel 8:13 — Pō`.]; usually of land, etc. (sometimes=deserted), Isaiah 49:8; Ezekiel 33:28 (מֵאֵין עוֺבֵר), Ezekiel 35:12 (read שָֽׁמְמוּ Qr Co Toy Krae; >Kt שׁממה), Ezekiel 35:15; הֶחְָרָבוֺת הַשֹּׁמִמוֺת Ezekiel 36:4 (|| הֶעָרִים הַנֱּעֶזָבוֺת שַׁמּוֺת) Ezekiel 36:3 is probably corrupt, Co שְׁאָט as Ezekiel 36:5, Hi-Sm from שׁמה = נשׁם, Toy reads נָשֹׁם, Krae נָשֹׁם; — participle feminine plural as noun = desolate places Isaiah 49:19; Isaiah 61:4 (both || חֳרָבוֺת), Isaiah 61:4 (compare שְׁמָמָה Isaiah 62:4); = desolations Daniel 9:18, 26.
2. be appalled, awestruck, usually at (עַל) judgments on others, Leviticus 26:32 (H), Jeremiah 2:12 (see II. [חָרֵב]), Ezekiel 26:16; Ezekiel 27:35; Ezekiel 28:19; Isaiah 52:14; Job 17:8, compare 1 Kings 9:8 2 Chronicles 7:12; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 49:17; Jeremiah 50:13; on oneself Psalm 40:16 (עַלעֵֿקֶב). — Isaiah 42:14 see [נשׁם].
Niph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נָשַׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 12:11 +, 3rd person plural נָשַׁ֫נּוּ Zephaniah 3:6 +; Participle feminine נְשַׁמָּה Ezekiel 36:34 +, etc.; — = Qal:
1. be desolated, of roads Leviticus 26:22 (H), Isaiah 33:8, bamoth Amos 7:9 (|| יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ), altars Ezekiel 6:4; compare Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 32:15; Zephaniah 3:6; Zechariah 7:14; Joel 1:17; Psalm 69:26; of lands Ezekiel 29:12; Ezekiel 30:7; Ezekiel 36:34, 35, cities Isaiah 54:3 (opposed to יוֺשִׁיבוּ), compare Ezekiel 36:35; Amos 9:14; Jeremiah 33:10; הַנְּשַׁמָּה Ezekiel 36:36 the desolated (that is, land, in figure).
2. be appalled Jeremiah 4:9; Lamentations 4:5; Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 30:7, with עַל of thing Job 18:20.
Pō`. Participle
1. וֵָֽֽֽאשְׁבָה מְשׁוֺמֵם Ezra 9:3I sat appalled, compare Ezra 9:4
2. transitive appalling, causing horror (DrDan 150 f.): (הַ)שִּׁקּוּץ מְשֹׁמֵם Daniel 11:31, + perhaps Daniel 9:27a (see שִׁקּוּץ); so also שֹׁמֵם שִׁוּ׳ Daniel 12:11 (on שׁ׳ see Ges§ 52s), שֹׁמֵם הַפֶּשַׁע Daniel 8:13 the crime causing horror, and שׁ׳ as noun horror-causer, appaller, Daniel 9:27b.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הֲשִׁמּ֫וֺתָ Job 16:7, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשּׁים (Ges§ 67y) Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45, 3rd person masculine plural suffix וַיְשִׁמֵּם 1 Samuel 5:6, 1st person plural נַשִּׁים Numbers 21:30, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הָשַׁמּוּ (Ges§ 67v) Job 21:5; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁמֵם Micah 6:13; Participle מַשְׁמִים Ezekiel 3:15; —
1. devastate, ravage, accusative of person 1 Samuel 5:6; Ezekiel 20:26; Hosea 2:14 (figurative of vine), Job 16:7; accusative of location Leviticus 26:31, 32 (H) Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 30:12, 14; Psalm 79:7, so (accusative omitted) Numbers 21:30 (poem in J E), Micah 6:13; — Ezekiel 14:8 see שִׂים Hiph.
2.
a. appal, accusative of person, with עַל at, Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45; Ezekiel 32:10.
b. inwardly transitive, וָאֵשֵׁב מִשׁ׳ Ezekiel 3:15 shewing horror, Job 21:5 (Bu Niph. הִשַּׁמוּ).
Hoph. Infinitive construct כָּליְֿמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה (that is הָאָרֶץ) Leviticus 26:34 (H) all the days of (its) being desolate, so Leviticus 26:35; 2 Chronicles 36:21; Aramaizing, בָּהְשַׁמָּה (Ges§ 67y) Leviticus 26:43.
Hithpō`. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁתּוֺמֵם Psalm 143:4, etc.; —
1. be appalled, astounded, כִּי that, because, Isaiah 59:16; Isaiah 63:5; עַל of thing Daniel 8:27; עבּתוֺכִי יִשְׁתּ׳ Psalm 143:4 (compare 1st person plural נשתומם Ecclus. 43:24).
2. cause oneself desolation, ruin, Ecclesiastes 7:16.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8075.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

26:22; 26:31; 26:32; 26:32; 26:34; 26:35; 26:43

Numbers

21:30; 21:30

1 Samuel

5:6; 5:6

2 Samuel

13:20; 13:20

1 Kings

9:8; 9:8

2 Chronicles

7:12; 36:21

Ezra

9:3; 9:4

Job

16:7; 16:7; 17:8; 17:8; 18:20; 21:5; 21:5

Psalms

40:16; 40:16; 69:26; 79:7; 143:4; 143:4

Ecclesiastes

7:16

Isaiah

33:8; 42:14; 49:8; 49:19; 52:14; 54:1; 54:3; 59:16; 61:4; 61:4; 62:4; 63:5

Jeremiah

2:12; 2:19; 4:9; 10:25; 12:11; 18:16; 19:8; 33:10; 49:17; 49:20; 49:20; 50:13; 50:45; 50:45

Lamentations

1:13; 1:14; 1:16; 3:11; 3:11; 4:5

Ezekiel

3:15; 3:15; 4:17; 6:4; 6:6; 14:8; 20:26; 25:3; 26:16; 27:35; 28:19; 29:12; 30:7; 30:7; 30:12; 30:14; 32:10; 32:15; 33:28; 35:12; 35:15; 35:15; 36:3; 36:3; 36:4; 36:5; 36:34; 36:34; 36:35; 36:35; 36:36

Daniel

8:13; 8:13; 8:27; 9:18; 9:26; 9:27; 9:27; 11:31; 12:11

Hosea

2:14

Joel

1:17

Amos

7:9; 9:14

Micah

6:13; 6:13

Zephaniah

3:6; 3:6

Zechariah

7:14

H8074

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Strong's Number H8074 matches the Hebrew שָׁמֵם (šāmēm),
which occurs 86 times in 80 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 20:26–Zep 3:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - And I polluted H2930 them H853 in their own gifts, H4979 in that they caused to pass through H5674 the fire all H3605 that openeth H6363 the womb, H7356 that H4616 I might make them desolate, H8074 to the end H4616 that H834 they might know H3045 that H834 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - And say H559 unto the Ammonites, H1121 H5983 Hear H8085 the word H1697 of the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Because H3282 thou saidst, H559 Aha, H1889 against H413 my sanctuary, H4720 when H3588 it was profaned; H2490 and against H413 the land H127 of Israel, H3478 when H3588 it was desolate; H8074 and against H413 the house H1004 of Judah, H3063 when H3588 they went H1980 into captivity; H1473

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then H3381➔ all H3605 the princes H5387 of the sea H3220 shall come down ➔H3381 from H5921 their thrones, H3678 and lay away H5493 their robes, H4598 and H853 put off H6584 their broidered H7553 garments: H899 they shall clothe themselves H3847 with trembling; H2731 they shall sit H3427 upon H5921 the ground, H776 and shall tremble H2729 at H7281➔ every moment, ➔H7281 and be astonished H8074 at thee. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the isles H339 shall be astonished H8074 at thee, H5921 and their kings H4428 shall be H8175➔ sore H8178 afraid, ➔H8175 they shall be troubled H7481 in their countenance. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:19 - All H3605 they that know thee H3045 among the people H5971 shall be astonished H8074 at thee: H5921 thou shalt be H1961 a terror, H1091 and never shalt thou H369 be any more. H5704 H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 desolate H8077 in the midst H8432 of the countries H776 that are desolate, H8074 and her cities H5892 among H8432 the cities H5892 that are laid waste H2717 shall be H1961 desolate H8077 forty H705 years: H8141 and I will scatter H6327 the Egyptians H4714 among the nations, H1471 and will disperse them H2219 through the countries. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:7 - And they shall be desolate H8074 in the midst H8432 of the countries H776 that are desolate, H8074 and her cities H5892 shall be H1961 in the midst H8432 of the cities H5892 that are wasted. H2717

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - And I will make H5414 the rivers H2975 dry, H2724 and sell H4376 the land H776 into the hand H3027 of the wicked: H7451 and I will make H8074➔ the land H776 waste, ➔ H8074 and all that is therein, H4393 by the hand H3027 of strangers: H2114 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - And I will make H8074➔ Pathros H6624 desolate, ➔ H8074 and will set H5414 fire H784 in Zoan, H6814 and will execute H6213 judgments H8201 in No. H4996

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - Yea, I will make H8074➔ many H7227 people H5971 amazed ➔ H8074 at thee, H5921 and their kings H4428 shall be H8175➔ horribly H8178 afraid ➔H8175 for thee, H5921 when I shall brandish H5774 my sword H2719 before them; H5921 H6440 and they shall tremble H2729 at every moment, H7281 every man H376 for his own life, H5315 in the day H3117 of thy fall. H4658

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:15 - When I shall make H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 desolate, H8077 and H8074➔ the country H776 shall be destitute ➔ H8074 of that whereof it was full, H4393 when I shall smite H5221 all H3605 them that dwell H3427 therein, then shall they know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - For I will lay H5414 the land H776 most H4923 desolate, H8077 and H7673➔ the pomp H1347 of her strength H5797 shall cease; ➔H7673 and H8074➔ the mountains H2022 of Israel H3478 shall be desolate, ➔ H8074 that none H369 shall pass through. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - And thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD, H3068 and that I have heard H8085 all H3605 thy blasphemies H5007 which H834 thou hast spoken H559 against H5921 the mountains H2022 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 They are laid desolate, H8074 they are given H5414 us to consume. H402

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - As thou didst rejoice H8057 at the inheritance H5159 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 because H5921 H834 it was desolate, H8074 so H3651 will I do H6213 unto thee: thou shalt be H1961 desolate, H8077 O mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and all H3605 Idumea, H123 even all of it: H3605 and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore H3651 prophesy H5012 and say, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Because H3282 H3282 they have made you desolate, H8074 and swallowed H7602➔ you H853 up ➔H7602 on every side, H5439 that ye might be H1961 a possession H4181 unto the residue H7611 of the heathen, H1471 and ye are taken up H5927 in H5921 the lips H8193 of talkers, H3956 and are an infamy H1681 of the people: H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:34 - And the H776➔ desolate H8074 land ➔H776 shall be tilled, H5647 whereas H8478 H834 it lay H1961 desolate H8077 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 that passed by. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they shall say, H559 This H1977 land H776 that was desolate H8074 is become H1961 like the garden H1588 of Eden; H5731 and the H5892➔ waste H2720 and desolate H8074 and ruined H2040 cities ➔H5892 are become fenced, H1219 and are inhabited. H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then H3045➔ the heathen H1471 that H834 are left H7604 round about you H5439 shall know ➔H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 build H1129 the ruined H2040 places, and plant H5193 that that was desolate: H8074 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it, and I will do H6213 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - And after H310 threescore H8346 and two H8147 weeks H7620 shall H3772➔ Messiah H4899 be cut off, ➔H3772 but not H369 for himself: and H5892➔ the people H5971 of the prince H5057 that shall come H935 shall destroy H7843 the city ➔H5892 and the sanctuary; H6944 and the end thereof H7093 shall be with a flood, H7858 and unto H5704 the end H7093 of the war H4421 desolations H8074 are determined. H2782

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he shall confirm H1396 the covenant H1285 with many H7227 for H7620➔ one H259 week: ➔H7620 and in the midst H2677 of the week H7620 he shall cause H7673➔ the sacrifice H2077 and the oblation H4503 to cease, ➔H7673 and for H5921 the overspreading H3671 of abominations H8251 he shall make it desolate, H8074 even until H5704 the consummation, H3617 and that determined H2782 shall be poured H5413 upon H5921 the desolate. H8074

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 - The seed H6507 is rotten H5685 under H8478 their clods, H4053 the garners H214 are laid desolate, H8074 the barns H4460 are broken down; H2040 for H3588 the corn H1715 is withered. H3001

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off H3772 the nations: H1471 their towers H6438 are desolate; H8074 I made H2717➔ their streets H2351 waste, ➔H2717 that none H1097 passeth by: H5674 their cities H5892 are destroyed, H6658 so that there is no H1097 man, H376 that there is none H369 inhabitant. H3427

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