šāmēm

shaw-mame'
Parts of Speech Verb

šāmēm Definition

  1. to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
      2. to be appalled, be awestruck
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be desolated, be made desolate
      2. to be appalled
    3. (Polel)
      1. to be stunned
      2. appalling, causing horror (participle) 1c
    4. horror-causer, appaller (subst)
    5. (Hiphil)
      1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated
      2. to appal, show horror
    6. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
    7. (Hithpolel)
      1. to cause to be desolate
      2. to be appalled, be astounded
      3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
~mX
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
08074
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 2409

KJV Word Usage

desolate
49
astonished
20
desolation
7
waste
5
destroy
3
wondered
2
amazed
1
astonishment
1
miscellaneous
4
Total
92

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Shamem". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .