H8068 שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr) shaw-meer'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

thorn

Strong's Definition

a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond

Derivation: from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking;

KJV Usage: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

TWOT Reference: 2416a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) thorn(s), adamant, flint

1a) thorns, thorn-bushes

1b) adamant (as sharp)

1c) a sharp stone, flint

1c1) perhaps a diamond

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמִיר (sha.mir) — thorn. 1) thorn(s), adamant, flint 1a) thorns, thorn-bushes 1b) adamant (as sharp) 1c) a sharp stone, flint 1c1) perhaps a diamond

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׁמִיר (H8068 · H8069)

noun m

Gemstones

adamant = a legendary rock or mineral, known for its hardness; ≈ associated with an inflexible mind

JER 17:1 · EZK 3:9 · ZEC 7:12

noun m

Plants | ≈ קֹוץ · שַׁיִת

brier = small shrub with thorns; ≈ associated with things of no value, aggression, and destruction

ISA 5:6 · ISA 7:23 · ISA 7:24 · ISA 7:25 · ISA 9:17 · ISA 10:17 · ISA 27:4 · ISA 32:13

name

Names of Locations

Shamir = town; ◄ located in the hill country; territory of Judah; ► residence of Tola son of Puah, judge of Israel

JOS 15:48 · JDG 10:1 · JDG 10:2

Names of People

Shamir = man; ◄ son of Micah; descendant of Uzziel; tribe of Levi

1CH 24:24

¹ 1CH 24:24 MT-Q; MT-K שָׁמוּר

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמִיר n.m. thorn(s), adamant, flint base

Bible Occurrences (11)

5:6 7:23 7:24 7:25 9:18 10:17 27:4 32:13

17:1

3:9

7:12

Isaiah 5:6

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.

Isaiah 7:23

And on that day, in every place that had... a thousand vines worth a thousand [shekels] of silver, only briers and thorns will be found.

Isaiah 7:24

Men will go there with bow and arrow, for the land will be [covered with] briers and thorns.

Isaiah 7:25

For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled... by the hoe; they will become [places] for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

Isaiah 10:17

And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Isaiah 32:13

and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers — even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.