Lexicon shammah: waste, horror Original Word: שַׁמָּהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: shammah Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw') Short Definition: desolation NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom shamemDefinitionwaste, horror NASB Translationappalling (1), desolate (2), desolation (10), desolations (1), destroyed (1), destruction (1), dismay (1), horror (9), object of horror (10), waste (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שַׁמָּה noun feminine waste, appalment (24 t. Jeremiah); — absolute ׳שׁ Jeremiah 5:30 +; plural absolute שַׁמּוֺת Psalm 46:9; — 1 a waste, of land, city, etc., Hosea 5:9; Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 13:9; Isaiah 24:12; Zechariah 7:14; Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 48:9; Jeremiah 50:3; Jeremiah 51:29,43, vine Joel 1:7; person Psalm 73:19; וּשְׁמָמָה ׳כּוֺם שׁ Ezekiel 23:33. 2 appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people land etc., Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 22:19; Micah 6:16; Zephaniah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:30; Jeremiah 25:9,11,18,38; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 44:12,22; Jeremiah 49:13,17; Jeremiah 50:23; Jeremiah 51:37,41; 2Chronicles 29:8; 30:7; ׳הֶחֱזִָק֑תְנִ ׳שׁ Jeremiah 8:21.
Strong's ruin, desolation, waste From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation -- astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing. see HEBREW shamem |
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