To release
שָׁמַטStrong’s H8058shamat (sha-mat)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shamat is the Hebrew word usually translated “let rest it”, “remit” and “let it release”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.”
Meaning
- To release, let drop or loose or rest or fall(Qal) to let drop or fall · (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- you will let rest it 1
- he will remit 1
- let it release 1
- they had stumbled 1
- let fall her 1
- and they let fall her 1
- they stumbled 1
- they have been thrown down 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 2
- Exodus 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Psalms 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 15:2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’s release.
- Deuteronomy 15:3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
- 2 Samuel 6:6And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
- 2 Kings 9:33And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
- 1 Chronicles 13:9And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
- Psalms 141:6When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁמַט shamat · to release
1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall 1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall 1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to let drop 1c2) to release, let drop
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “release” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RELE'ASE, verb transitive
- To set free from restraint of any kind, either physical or moral; to liberate from prison, confinement or servitude.
- To free from pain, care, trouble, grief, etc.
- To free from obligation or penalty; as, to release one from debt, from a promise or covenant.
- To quit; to let go, as a legal claim; as, to release a debt or forfeiture. Deuteronomy 15:1
All definitions and other forms of “release”
- To discharge or relinquish a right to lands or tenements, by conveying it to another that has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; when one co-parcener releases his right to the other; or the mortgagee releases his claim to the mortgager.
- To relax. [Not in use.]
RELE'ASE, noun
- Liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.
- Liberation from care, pain or any burden.
- Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty or claim of any kind; acquittance.
- In law, a release or deed of release is a conveyance of a man's right in lands or tenements to another who has some estate in possession; a quitclaim.
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.