H8069 — שָׁמִיר (Shâmîyr)
Strong's H8069 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: שָׁמִיר (Shâmîyr)
Pronunciation: shaw-meer'
Morphology: n-pr
Part of Speech: n pr loc
Derivation: the same as שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr) [H8068];
Definition: Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV Renderings: Shamir. Compare שָׁמוּר (Shâmûwr) [H8053].
Senses
- Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
- a town in the mountain district of Judah
- a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H8053 | שָׁמוּר | Shâmûwr | passive participle of שִׁמְצָה (shimtsâh) H8103; observed | Shamur, an Israelite | Shamir (from the margin) |
| H8068 | שָׁמִיר | shâmîyr | from שָׁמַר (shâmar) H8104 in the original sense of pricking | a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond | adamant (stone), brier, diamond |
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.
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