Shammah
שַׁמָּאStrong’s H8037shamma (sham-ma)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shamma is the Hebrew word usually translated “shamma”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.11
- A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.37
How it's translated
- shamma 1
- and shamma 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
שַׁמָּא shamma · Shammah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.11; son of: Agee (H0089) § Shamma = "desert" an Asherite, son of Zophar
שַׁמָּא shamma · Shamma
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.37; son of: Zophah (H6690); brother of: Suah (H5477), Harnepher (H2774), Shual (H7777B), Beri (H1275), Imrah (H3236), Bezer (H1221H), Hod (H1936), Shilshah (H8030), Ithran (H3506H) and Beera (H0878) § Shamma = "desert" an Asherite, son of Zophar
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.