Strong H8048H8048Jשַׁמָּה
Shammah
One of the 4 senses of Strong H8048
- Transliteration
- shammâh
- Pronunciation
- sham-maw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.16.9;
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H446I), Abinadab (H41I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7;
Another name of shim.ah (שִׁמְעָה "Shimeah" H8093)
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H446I), Abinadab (H41I), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Jonadab (H3122); also called Shimei (KJV: Shimea) at 2Sa.21.21; Shammah at 1Sa.16.9; 17.13; Shimea at 1Ch.2.13; 20.7;
Another name of shim.ah (שִׁמְעָה "Shimeah" H8093)
Meaning of the name
Shammah = "astonishment"
General definition
The same as H8047; {Shammah} the name of an Edomite and four Israelites: - Shammah.
In the biblical story
Shimeah
Brother of David; father of Jonadab (or 'Jonathan').
Shimeah (also known as Shimei, Shammah, or Shimea) was a brother of King David and the father of Jonadab (or 'Jonathan').
In the Bible
Strong H8048J appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make1
- shammah1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 16:9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
- 1 Samuel 17:13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.