Shammah
שַׁמָּהStrong’s H8048shammah (sham-mah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shammah is the Hebrew word usually translated “shammah”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.”
Meaning
- Son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom
- The 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David
- Son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- The Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- Another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- Son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom
- The 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David
- Son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- The Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- Another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
- A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.33
How it's translated
- shammah 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Samuel 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 36:17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- 1 Samuel 16:9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
- 1 Samuel 17:13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 2 Samuel 23:25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
- 2 Samuel 23:33Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
- 1 Chronicles 1:37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁמָּה shammah · Shammah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13; son of: Reuel (H7467); brother of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226) and Mizzah (H4199) § Shammah = "astonishment" 1) son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom 2) the 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David 3) son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 4) the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 5) another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
שַׁמָּה shammah · Shammah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.25; also called Shammoth at 1Ch.11.27; Also named: sham.mot (שַׁמּוֹת "Shammoth" H8054) § Shammah = "astonishment" 1) son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom 2) the 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David 3) son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 4) the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 5) another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors
שָׁגֵה shageh · Shagee
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.33; father of: Jonathan (H3083J); also called Shagee (KJV: Shage) at 1Ch.11.34; Another name of sham.mah (שַׁמָּה "Shammah" H8048I) § Shage = "erring" father of Hannathon the Hararite, one of David's mighty warriors
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.