שָׁמִיר
sha.mir
“thorn”
Definition
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking;
- thorn(s), adamant, flint 1a) thorns, thorn-bushes 1b) adamant (as sharp) 1c) a sharp stone, flint 1c1) perhaps a diamond
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שָׁמִיר appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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I am not angry.If only thorns and briers confronted Me,I would march and trample them,I would burn them to the ground.
I will make it a wasteland,neither pruned nor cultivated,and thorns and briers will grow up.I will command the cloudsthat rain shall not fall on it.”
Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be covered with briers and thorns.
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus,engraved with a diamond pointon the tablets of their heartsand on the horns of their altars.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.