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Lexicon :: Strong's H8047 - šammâ

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שַׁמָּה

Transliteration

šammâ

Pronunciation

sham-maw'

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Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׁמֵם (H8074)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2409d

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

שַׁמָּה shammâh, sham-maw'; from H8074; ruin; by implication, consternation:—astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H8047 in the following manner: astonishment (13x), desolation (12x), desolate (10x), waste (3x), wonderful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 39x

The KJV translates Strong's H8047 in the following manner: astonishment (13x), desolation (12x), desolate (10x), waste (3x), wonderful (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

waste, horror, appalment
1. a waste (of land, city, etc)
2. appalment, horror

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

שַׁמָּה shammâh, sham-maw'; from H8074; ruin; by implication, consternation:—astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8047: Abbreviations

† I. שַׁמָּה noun feminine waste, appalment (24 times Jeremiah); — absolute שׁ׳ Jeremiah 5:30 +; plural absolute שַׁמּוֺת Psalm 46:9; —

1. a waste, of land, city, etc., Hosea 5:9; Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 24:12; Zechariah 7:14; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:29, 43, vine Joel 1:7; person Psalm 73:19; וּשְׁמָמָה כּוֺם שׁ׳ Ezekiel 23:33.

2. appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people land etc., Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 22:19; Micah 6:16; Zephaniah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremiah 25:9, 11, 18, 38; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 44:12, 22; Jeremiah 49:13, 17; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 51:37, 41; 2 Chronicles 29:8; 30:7; הֶחֱזִָק֑תְנִ׳ שׁ׳ Jeremiah 8:21.

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5:9; 13:9; 24:12

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2:15; 4:7; 5:30; 5:30; 8:21; 18:16; 19:8; 25:9; 25:11; 25:18; 25:38; 29:18; 44:12; 44:22; 46:19; 48:9; 49:13; 49:17; 50:3; 50:23; 51:29; 51:37; 51:41; 51:43

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Strong's Number H8047 matches the Hebrew שַׁמָּה (šammâ),
which occurs 40 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Deu 28:37 - And thou shalt become an astonishment,^H8047 a proverb,^H4912 and a byword,^H8148 among all nations^H5971 whither the LORD^H3068 shall lead^H5090 thee.

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2Ki 22:19 - Because thine heart^H3824 was tender,^H7401 and thou hast humbled^H3665 thyself before^H6440 the LORD,^H3068 when thou heardest^H8085 what I spake^H1696 against this place,^H4725 and against the inhabitants^H3427 thereof, that they should become a desolation^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and hast rent^H7167 thy clothes,^H899 and wept^H1058 before^H6440 me; I also have heard^H8085 thee, saith^H5002 the LORD.^H3068

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2Ch 29:8 - Wherefore the wrath^H7110 of the LORD^H3068 was upon Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem,^H3389 and he hath delivered^H5414 them to trouble,^H2189^H2113 to astonishment,^H8047 and to hissing,^H8322 as ye see^H7200 with your eyes.^H5869

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2Ch 30:7 - And be not ye like your fathers,^H1 and like your brethren,^H251 which trespassed^H4603 against the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of their fathers,^H1 who therefore gave them up^H5414 to desolation,^H8047 as ye see.^H7200

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Psa 46:8 - Come,^H3212 behold^H2372 the works^H4659 of the LORD,^H3068 what desolations^H8047 he hath made^H7760 in the earth.^H776

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Psa 73:19 - How are they brought into desolation,^H8047 as in a moment!^H7281 they are utterly^H5486 consumed^H8552 with terrors.^H1091

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Isa 5:9 - In mine ears^H241 said the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 Of a truth^H3808 many^H7227 houses^H1004 shall be desolate,^H8047 even great^H1419 and fair,^H2896 without inhabitant.^H3427

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Isa 13:9 - Behold, the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 cometh,^H935 cruel^H394 both with wrath^H5678 and fierce^H2740 anger,^H639 to lay^H7760 the land^H776 desolate:^H8047 and he shall destroy^H8045 the sinners^H2400 thereof out of it.

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Isa 24:12 - In the city^H5892 is left^H7604 desolation,^H8047 and the gate^H8179 is smitten^H3807 with destruction.^H7591

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Jer 2:15 - The young lions^H3715 roared^H7580 upon him, and yelled,^H5414^H6963 and they made^H7896 his land^H776 waste:^H8047 his cities^H5892 are burned^H3341 without inhabitant.^H3427

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Jer 4:7 - The lion^H738 is come up^H5927 from his thicket,^H5441 and the destroyer^H7843 of the Gentiles^H1471 is on his way;^H5265 he is gone forth^H3318 from his place^H4725 to make^H7760 thy land^H776 desolate;^H8047 and thy cities^H5892 shall be laid waste,^H5327 without an inhabitant.^H3427

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Jer 5:30 - A wonderful^H8047 and horrible thing^H8186 is committed^H1961 in the land;^H776

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:21

Jer 8:21 - For the hurt^H7667 of the daughter^H1323 of my people^H5971 am I hurt;^H7665 I am black;^H6937 astonishment^H8047 hath taken hold^H2388 on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:16

Jer 18:16 - To make^H7760 their land^H776 desolate,^H8047 and a perpetual^H5769 hissing;^H8292^H8292 every one that passeth^H5674 thereby shall be astonished,^H8074 and wag^H5110 his head.^H7218

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:8

Jer 19:8 - And I will make^H7760 this city^H5892 desolate,^H8047 and an hissing;^H8322 every one that passeth^H5674 thereby shall be astonished^H8074 and hiss^H8319 because of all the plagues^H4347 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:9

Jer 25:9 - Behold, I will send^H7971 and take^H3947 all the families^H4940 of the north,^H6828 saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 and Nebuchadrezzar^H5019 the king^H4428 of Babylon,^H894 my servant,^H5650 and will bring^H935 them against this land,^H776 and against the inhabitants^H3427 thereof, and against all these nations^H1471 round about,^H5439 and will utterly destroy^H2763 them, and make^H7760 them an astonishment,^H8047 and an hissing,^H8322 and perpetual^H5769 desolations.^H2723

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:11

Jer 25:11 - And this whole land^H776 shall be a desolation,^H2723 and an astonishment;^H8047 and these nations^H1471 shall serve^H5647 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 seventy^H7657 years.^H8141

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:18

Jer 25:18 - To wit, Jerusalem,^H3389 and the cities^H5892 of Judah,^H3063 and the kings^H4428 thereof, and the princes^H8269 thereof, to make^H5414 them a desolation,^H2723 an astonishment,^H8047 an hissing,^H8322 and a curse;^H7045 as it is this day;^H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:38

Jer 25:38 - He hath forsaken^H5800 his covert,^H5520 as the lion:^H3715 for their land^H776 is desolate^H8047 because^H6440 of the fierceness^H2740 of the oppressor,^H3238 and because^H6440 of his fierce^H2740 anger.^H639

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Jer 29:18 - And I will persecute^H7291 them^H310 with the sword,^H2719 with the famine,^H7458 and with the pestilence,^H1698 and will deliver^H5414 them to be removed^H2189^H2113 to all the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth,^H776 to be a curse,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and an hissing,^H8322 and a reproach,^H2781 among all the nations^H1471 whither I have driven^H5080 them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Jer 42:18 - For thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel;^H3478 As mine anger^H639 and my fury^H2534 hath been poured forth^H5413 upon the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem;^H3389 so shall my fury^H2534 be poured forth^H5413 upon you, when ye shall enter^H935 into Egypt:^H4714 and ye shall be an execration,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and a reproach;^H2781 and ye shall see^H7200 this place^H4725 no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:12

Jer 44:12 - And I will take^H3947 the remnant^H7611 of Judah,^H3063 that have set^H7760 their faces^H6440 to go^H935 into the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to sojourn^H1481 there, and they shall all be consumed,^H8552 and fall^H5307 in the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714 they shall even be consumed^H8552 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 they shall die,^H4191 from the least^H6996 even unto the greatest,^H1419 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 and they shall be an execration,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and a reproach.^H2781

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Jer 44:22 - So that the LORD^H3068 could^H3201 no longer bear,^H5375 because^H6440 of the evil^H7455 of your doings,^H4611 and because^H6440 of the abominations^H8441 which ye have committed;^H6213 therefore is your land^H776 a desolation,^H2723 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 without an inhabitant,^H3427 as at this day.^H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:19

Jer 46:19 - O thou daughter^H1323 dwelling^H3427 in Egypt,^H4714 furnish^H6213 thyself to go into captivity:^H3627^H1473 for Noph^H5297 shall be waste^H8047 and desolate^H3341 without an inhabitant.^H3427

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:9

Jer 48:9 - Give^H5414 wings^H6731 unto Moab,^H4124 that it may flee^H5323 and get away:^H3318 for the cities^H5892 thereof shall be desolate,^H8047 without any to dwell^H3427 therein.^H2004

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:13

Jer 49:13 - For I have sworn^H7650 by myself, saith^H5002 the LORD,^H3068 that Bozrah^H1224 shall become a desolation,^H8047 a reproach,^H2781 a waste,^H2721 and a curse;^H7045 and all the cities^H5892 thereof shall be perpetual^H5769 wastes.^H2723

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:17

Jer 49:17 - Also Edom^H123 shall be a desolation:^H8047 every one that goeth^H5674 by it shall be astonished,^H8074 and shall hiss^H8319 at all the plagues^H4347 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Jer 50:3 - For out of the north^H6828 there cometh up^H5927 a nation^H1471 against her, which shall make^H7896 her land^H776 desolate,^H8047 and none shall dwell^H3427 therein: they shall remove,^H5110 they shall depart,^H1980 both man^H120 and beast.^H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:23

Jer 50:23 - How is the hammer^H6360 of the whole earth^H776 cut asunder^H1438 and broken!^H7665 how is Babylon^H894 become a desolation^H8047 among the nations!^H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:29

Jer 51:29 - And the land^H776 shall tremble^H7493 and sorrow:^H2342 for every purpose^H4284 of the LORD^H3068 shall be performed^H6965 against Babylon,^H894 to make^H7760 the land^H776 of Babylon^H894 a desolation^H8047 without an inhabitant.^H3427

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Jer 51:37 - And Babylon^H894 shall become heaps,^H1530 a dwellingplace^H4583 for dragons,^H8577 an astonishment,^H8047 and an hissing,^H8322 without an inhabitant.^H3427

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:41

Jer 51:41 - How is Sheshach^H8347 taken!^H3920 and how is the praise^H8416 of the whole earth^H776 surprised!^H8610 how is Babylon^H894 become an astonishment^H8047 among the nations!^H1471

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:43

Jer 51:43 - Her cities^H5892 are a desolation,^H8047 a dry^H6723 land,^H776 and a wilderness,^H6160 a land^H776 wherein no man^H376 dwelleth,^H3427 neither doth any son^H1121 of man^H120 pass^H5674 thereby.^H2004

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Eze 23:33 - Thou shalt be filled^H4390 with drunkenness^H7943 and sorrow,^H3015 with the cup^H3563 of astonishment^H8047 and desolation,^H8077 with the cup^H3563 of thy sister^H269 Samaria.^H8111

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:9

Hos 5:9 - Ephraim^H669 shall be desolate^H8047 in the day^H3117 of rebuke:^H8433 among the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478 have I made known^H3045 that which shall surely be.^H539

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Joe 1:7 - He hath laid^H7760 my vine^H1612 waste,^H8047 and barked^H7111 my fig tree:^H8384 he hath made it clean^H2834 bare,^H2834 and cast it away;^H7993 the branches^H8299 thereof are made white.^H3835

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:16

Mic 6:16 - For the statutes^H2708 of Omri^H6018 are kept,^H8104 and all the works^H4639 of the house^H1004 of Ahab,^H256 and ye walk^H3212 in their counsels;^H4156 that I should make^H5414 thee a desolation,^H8047 and the inhabitants^H3427 thereof an hissing:^H8322 therefore ye shall bear^H5375 the reproach^H2781 of my people.^H5971

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Zep 2:15 - This is the rejoicing^H5947 city^H5892 that dwelt^H3427 carelessly,^H983 that said^H559 in her heart,^H3824 I am, and there is none beside^H657 me: how is she become a desolation,^H8047 a place for beasts^H2416 to lie down in!^H4769 every one that passeth by^H5674 her shall hiss,^H8319 and wag^H5128 his hand.^H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:14

Zec 7:14 - But I scattered them with a whirlwind^H5590 among all the nations^H1471 whom they knew^H3045 not. Thus the land^H776 was desolate^H8074 after^H310 them, that no man passed through^H5674 nor returned:^H7725 for they laid^H7760 the pleasant^H2532 land^H776 desolate.^H8047

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