Strong H8069H8069Hשָׁמִיר
Shamir
One of the 3 senses of Strong H8069
- Transliteration
- shâmîyr
- Pronunciation
- shaw-meer'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Shamir, from the hill country of Ephraim, was an Issacharite who judged Israel for 23 years (Judg. 10:1-2).
Meaning of the name
Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
General definition
In the biblical story
Shamir
Issacharite judge who led Israel for 23 years
Shamir, from the hill country of Ephraim, was an Issacharite who judged Israel for 23 years (Judg. 10:1-2).
In the Bible
Strong H8069H appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shamir2
First verses
- Judges 10:1And 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.
- Judges 10:2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.