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HebrewH8048Proper Noun (Masculine)

שַׁמָּה

sham.mah

7Occurrences
H8048Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites

the same as H8047 (שַׁמָּה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Reuel (H7467); brother of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226) and Mizzah (H4199) § Shammah = "astonishment" 1) son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of ) the 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of ) son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 4) the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors 5) another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שַׁמָּה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
2
2 Samuel
2
Genesis
2
1 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:37BSB

The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

1 Samuel 16:9BSB

Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 17:13BSB

The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

2 Samuel 23:25BSB

Shammah the Harodite,Elika the Harodite,

2 Samuel 23:33BSB

son of Shammah the Hararite,Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.