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Strong H80603 sensesשַׁמַּי

Shammai

Transliteration
shammay
Pronunciation
sham-mah'ee

Meaning of the name

Shammai = "desolate"

The 3 senses of Strong H8060

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8060 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Son of Onam; father of Nadab and AbishurH8060G2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  2. Father of Maon, ancestor of CalebH8060H2 verses · 1 Chronicles
  3. Son of MeredH8060I1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

From H8073; destructive;
{Shammai} the name of three Israelites: - Shammai.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shammai5

First verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:28
    And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:32
    And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:44
    And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:45
    And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth–zur.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:17
    And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.