Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8037: שַׁמָּא

Shammâʼ · pronounced sham-maw' · “Shammah”

Definition

Shamma, an Israelite

KJV translates it as: Shamma.

Word origin: from H8074 (שָׁמֵם); desolation;

Extended definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.23.11;
son of: Agee (H0089)
§ Shamma = "desert"
an Asherite, son of Zophar

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8037 is translated

  • shamma ×2

Bible verses with H8037 (Shammâʼ)

Shammâʼ appears in 2 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 23:11

    And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:37

    Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.