Bible dictionaries

Shamir

What Bible dictionaries say about “Shamir”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Shamir - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

A sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24).

(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.

(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

(n point or thorn.)

A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron.
A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. (Judges 10:1,2) Perhaps Samur , half-way between Samaria and Jenin .
A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. (1 Chronicles 24:24)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3