Quick Definition
to release
Strong's Definition
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down.
TWOT Reference: 2408
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall
1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall
1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to let drop
1c2) to release, let drop
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall
1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall
1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to let drop
1c2) to release, let drop
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁמַט
shâmaṭ
BDB Definition:
1) to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall
1a) (Qal) to let drop or fall
1b) (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to cause to let drop
1c2) to release, let drop
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2408
Total KJV Occurrences: 11