Strong H80693 sensesשָׁמִיר

Shamir

Transliteration
shâmîyr
Pronunciation
shaw-meer'

Meaning of the name

Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"

The 3 senses of Strong H8069

The lexicon tells 3 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8069 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Issacharite judge who led Israel for 23 yearsH8069H2 verses · Judges
  2. Town in the hill country of JudahH8069G1 verse · Joshua
  3. Levite descendant of UzzielH8069INot in the KJV

General definition

The same as H8068; {Shamir} the name of two places in Palestine: - Shamir. Compare H8053 .

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • shamir3

First verses

  1. Joshua 15:48
    And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
  2. Judges 10:1
    And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
  3. Judges 10:2
    And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.