H8082 שָׁמֵן (shâmên) shaw-mane'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

rich

Strong's Definition

greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich

Derivation: from H8080 (שָׁמַן);

KJV Usage: fat, lusty, plenteous.

TWOT Reference: 2410a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fat, rich, robust

1a) fat, rich (of food)

1b) stout, robust (of men)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2068 G3975

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמֵן (sha.men) — rich. 1) fat, rich, robust 1a) fat, rich (of food) 1b) stout, robust (of men)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שָׁמֵן (H8082)

adj · שׁמן

Domestic Animals

fatling literally: fatling; hence: = a young animal that has been fattened to prepare it for slaughter, either for food or sacrifice

1SA 15:9

Good | ≈ דָּשֵׁן · טֹוב

fat, rich literally: fat; hence: = state in which objects such as land and food are of a high quality

GEN 49:20 · NUM 13:20 · 1CH 4:40 · NEH 9:25 · NEH 9:35 · ISA 30:23 · EZK 34:14 · EZK 34:16 · HAB 1:16

Strong

strong, stout, sturdy literally: fat; hence: = a person with health and energy

JDG 3:29

¹ 1SA 15:9 RSV NJB NRSV "fatlings" NIV "fat calves" GNT "best calves" ESV "fattened calves" | MT הַמִּשְׁנִים "double" NJPS "second-born"

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁמֵן adj. fat, robust base

Bible Occurrences (10)

49:20

13:20

3:29

4:40

9:25 9:35

30:23

34:14 34:16

1:16

Genesis 49:20

Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.

Numbers 13:20

Is the soil fertile... or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? Be courageous and bring back some of the fruit of the land. It was the season... for the first ripe grapes.

Judges 3:29

At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped....

1 Chronicles 4:40

There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious..., peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

Nehemiah 9:25

They captured fortified cities... and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells [already] dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

Nehemiah 9:35

For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You... or turn from their wicked ways.

Isaiah 30:23

Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.

Ezekiel 34:14

I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.