H8047 — שַׁמָּה (shammâh)

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Strong's H8047 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שַׁמָּה (shammâh)

Pronunciation: sham-maw'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: from שָׁמֵם (shâmêm) [H8074];

Definition: ruin; by implication, consternation

KJV Renderings: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.

Senses

  1. waste, horror, appalment
    1. a waste (of land, city, etc)
    2. appalment, horror

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G135 αἴνιγμα aínigma from a derivative of G136 (in its primary sense) an obscure saying ("enigma"), i.e. (abstractly) obscureness X darkly
G854 ἀφανισμός aphanismós from G853 disappearance, i.e. (figuratively) abrogation vanish away
G1611 ἔκστασις ékstasis from G1839 a displacement of the mind, i.e. bewilderment, "ecstasy" + be amazed, amazement, astonishment, trance
G5059 τέρας téras of uncertain affinity a prodigy or omen wonder
H8074 שָׁמֵם shâmêm a primitive root to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.