Hebrew word · H8048

שַׁמָּה

shamah

Shammah

Appears 7 times in 7 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.13;

son of: Reuel (H7467);

brother of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226) and Mizzah (H4199)

§ Shammah = "astonishment"

1) son of Reuel, grandson of Esau, and a chief of Edom

2) the 3rd son of Jesse and a brother of David

3) son of Agee the Hararite and one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

4) the Harodite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

5) another Hararite, one of the 30 of David's mighty warriors

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 36:13 שַׁמָּ֣ה Shammah

    These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

  2. Genesis 36:17 שַׁמָּ֖ה Shammah

    These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.

1 Samuel · 2

  1. 1 Samuel 16:9 שַׁמָּ֑ה Shammah

    Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

  2. 1 Samuel 17:13 שַׁמָּֽה׃ [was] Shammah

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

2 Samuel · 2

  1. 2 Samuel 23:25 שַׁמָּה֙ Shammah

    Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

  2. 2 Samuel 23:33 שַׁמָּה֙ Shammah

    son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:37 שַׁמָּ֥ה Shammah

    The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

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