Shamir
שָׁמִירStrong’s H8069shamir (sha-mir)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shamir is the Hebrew word usually translated “shamir”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,”
Meaning
- § Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
- § Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
How it's translated
- shamir 2
- in shamir 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 2
- Joshua 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 10:1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- Judges 10:2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- 1 Chronicles 24:24Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁמִיר shamir · Shamir
§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn" a town in the mountain district of Judah
שָׁמִיר shamir · Shamir
§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn" a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried
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.