Strong H8080שָׁמֵן

to grow fat

Transliteration
shâman
Pronunciation
shaw-man'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to {shine} that {is} (by analogy) be (causatively make) oily or gross: - become ({make} wax) fat.

Detailed definition

1) to be or become fat, grow fat
1a) (Qal) fat (subst)
1b) (Hiphil) to make fat, show fatness

In the Bible

Strong H8080 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • waxen2
  • become1
  • fat1
  • wax1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
  2. Nehemiah 9:25
    And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
  3. Isaiah 6:10
    Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
  4. Jeremiah 5:28
    They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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