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Lexicon :: Strong's H8074 - šāmēm

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שָׁמֵם
Transliteration
šāmēm
Pronunciation
shaw-mame'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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 Box Eze 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:26 - And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, H8074 to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:3 - And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; H8074 and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished H8074 at thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished H8074 at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:19 - All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished H8074 at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:12 - And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, H8074 and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:12 - And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, H8074 and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:14 - And I will make Pathros desolate, H8074 and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:10 - Yea, I will make many people amazed H8074 at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:15 - When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute H8074 of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:28 - For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, H8074 that none shall pass through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, H8074 they are given us to consume.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:15 - As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, H8074 so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, H8074 and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:34 - And the desolate H8074 land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they shall say, This land that was desolate H8074 is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate H8074 and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:36 - Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: H8074 I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:13 - Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, H8074 to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:27 - And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished H8074 at the vision, but none understood it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:26 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations H8074 are determined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:27 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, H8074 even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. H8074

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:31 - And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. H8074

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:11 - And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate H8074 set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - And I will destroy H8074 her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:17 - The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, H8074 the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:9 - And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, H8074 and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 9:14 - And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste H8074 cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:13 - Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate H8074 because of thy sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:6 - I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; H8074 I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.

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