Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H8074: שָׁמֵם (shâmêm) Definition

Strong's number
H8074
Lemma
שָׁמֵם
Transliteration
shâmêm
Pronunciation
shaw-mame'
Strong's definition
to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder. a primitive root;

84 instances of the word שָׁמֵם shâmêm (H8074)


  • Psalms 79:7 - For they have devoured Jacob his dwelling place and laid waste

  • Psalms 143:4 - overwhelmed Therefore is my spirit within me is desolate within me my heart

  • Zechariah 7:14 - But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew land desolate after them that no man passed through nor returned for they laid land the pleasant was desolate

  • Zephaniah 3:6 - I have cut off the nations are desolate their towers waste I made their streets that none passeth by are destroyed their cities so that there is no man that there is none inhabitant