Fat
שָׁמָןStrong’s H4924sheman (she-man)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sheman is the Hebrew word usually translated “some of fatness of”, “away from fatness of” and “fat foods”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.”
Meaning
- Fatness, fat, fertile place
- 1a) stout, vigorous
- Fat, fat piece, richly prepared food
How it's translated
- and some of fatness of 1
- away from fatness of 1
- fat foods 1
- among vigorous ones their 1
- on fat ones his 1
- and fatness of 1
- and in fertile places of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- Isaiah 2
- Nehemiah 1
- Psalms 1
- Daniel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 27:28Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
- Genesis 27:39And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
- Nehemiah 8:10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
- Psalms 78:31The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
- Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
- Isaiah 17:4And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁמָן sheman · fat
fatness, fat, fertile place
מִשְׁמָן mishman · fatness
1a) stout, vigorous 1b) fertile spots or places
מַשְׁמָן mashman · fat piece
fat, fat piece, richly prepared food
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FAT, adjective
- Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
- Coarse; gross.
- Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.“Make the heart of this people fat” Isaiah 6:10
- Rich; wealthy; affluent.
All definitions and other forms of “fat”
- Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
- Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
- Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.“They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing” Psalms 92:14
FAT, noun
- An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies.
- The best or richest part of a thing.“Abel brought of the fat of his flock” Genesis 4:4
FAT, verb transitive
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
FAT, verb intransitive
To grow fat plump and fleshy.
- “The fats shall overflow with wine and oil” Joel 2:24
FAT, noun
A measure of capacity, but indefinite.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.