Strong's Definition
devastation; figuratively, astonishment
Derivation: or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of H8076 (שָׁמֵם);
KJV Usage: (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.
TWOT Reference: 2409b,c
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
שְׁמָמָה (she.ma.mah) — devastation. devastation, waste, desolation Also means: shi.me.mah (שִֽׁמְמָה "desolation" H8077B)
שִֽׁמְמָה (shi.me.mah) — desolation. devastation, waste, desolation Another spelling of she.ma.mah (שְׁמָמָה "devastation" H8077A)
שִֽׁמְמָה (shi.me.mah) — Desolate. devastation, waste, desolation Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · שׁמם
Non-Contain | ≈ אֶרֶץ לֹא נֹושָׁבָה · חָרְבָּה · מִדְבָּר
desolation = state in which an area has become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation
EXO 23:29 · LEV 26:33 · JOS 8:28 · ISA 1:7 · ISA 1:7 · ISA 6:11 · ISA 17:9 · ISA 62:4 · ISA 64:9 · JER 4:27 · JER 6:8 · JER 9:10 · JER 10:22 · JER 12:10 · JER 12:11 · JER 25:12 · JER 32:43 · JER 34:22 · JER 44:6 · JER 49:2 · JER 49:33 · JER 50:13 · JER 51:26 · JER 51:62 · EZK 6:14 · EZK 12:20 · EZK 14:15 · EZK 14:16 · EZK 15:8 · EZK 29:9 · EZK 29:10 · EZK 29:12 · EZK 29:12 · EZK 32:15 · EZK 33:28 · EZK 33:29 · EZK 35:3 · EZK 35:4 · EZK 35:7 · EZK 35:9 · EZK 35:14 · EZK 35:15 · EZK 36:34 · JOL 2:3 · JOL 2:20 · JOL 4:19 · JOL 4:19 · MIC 1:7 · MIC 7:13 · ZEP 1:13 · ZEP 2:4 · ZEP 2:9 · ZEP 2:13 · MAL 1:3
1 EZK 35:7 ETCBC שִׁמֲמָה
noun f · שׁמם
Non-Contain
desolation = state in which an area has become empty as a result of destruction and depopulation
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁמָמָה 55 n.f. a devastation, waste base
שִׁמָמָה v. foregoing [v.ea.ac] base