Quick Definition
horror: destroyed
Strong's Definition
ruin; by implication, consternation
Derivation: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם);
KJV Usage: astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
TWOT Reference: 2409d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) — horror: destroyed. : destroyed/waste 1) waste, horror, appalment 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc) 1b) appalment, horror Also means: sham.mah (שַׁמָּה ": appalled" H8047H)
שַׁמָּה (sham.mah) — horror: appalled. : appalled 1) waste, horror, appalment 1a) a waste (of land, city, etc) 1b) appalment, horror
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁמם
Non-Contain | ≈ עֲרָבָה · צִיָּה · שׁמד
desolation = state in which an area has become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation
PSA 46:9 · PSA 73:19 · ISA 5:9 · ISA 13:9 · ISA 24:12 · JER 2:15 · JER 4:7 · JER 25:11 · JER 25:38 · JER 46:19 · JER 48:9 · JER 50:3 · JER 51:29 · JER 51:43 · EZK 36:3 · HOS 5:9 · JOL 1:7 · ZEP 2:15 · ZEC 7:14
Grieve | ≈ אָלָה · חֹרֶב · חָרְבָּה · חֶרְפָּה · מָשָׁל · קְלָלָה · שְׁמָמָה · שְׁנִינָה · שַׁעֲרוּרָה · שְׁרֵקָה
horror literally: desolation; hence: = causative process by which tragic circumstances cause humans to be in deep shock
DEU 28:37 · 2KI 22:19 · 2CH 29:8 · 2CH 30:7 · JER 5:30 · JER 8:21 · JER 18:16 · JER 19:8 · JER 25:9 · JER 25:18 · JER 29:18 · JER 42:18 · JER 44:12 · JER 44:22 · JER 49:13 · JER 49:17 · JER 50:23 · JER 51:37 · JER 51:41 · EZK 23:33 · MIC 6:16
name
Names of People
Shammah = man; ◄ son of Reuel, son of Esau; ► Edomite chief
Names of People | ≈ שִׁמְעָא · שִׁמְעָה · שִׁמְעִי
Shammah = man, also known as Shimea, Shimeah, and Shimei; ◄ third son of Jesse; brother of David; tribe of Judah
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁמָּה n.f. waste, appalment base