To grow fat
שָׁמֵןStrong’s H8080shaman (sha-man)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaman is the Hebrew word usually translated “grew fat”, “have grown fat” and “make fat”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.”
Meaning
- To be or become fat, grow fat(Qal) fat (subst) · (Hiphil) to make fat, show fatness
How it's translated
- and he grew fat 1
- you have grown fat 1
- and they grew fat 1
- make fat 1
- they have become fat 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Nehemiah 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Nehemiah 9:25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
- Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- Jeremiah 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁמֵן shaman · to grow fat
1) to be or become fat, grow fat 1a) (Qal) fat (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) to make fat, show fatness
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.