Shamir: meaning of the name
Shamir means “Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn.”
Who named Shamir in the Bible
- Shamir, son of Michah
1 verse · first mentioned in 1 Chronicles 24:24 · Tribe of Levi
Places named Shamir
Shamir in Scripture
“Shamir” appears in 4 verses of the King James Version.
- Joshua 15:48
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
- Judges 10:1
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- Judges 10:2
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- 1 Chronicles 24:24
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.