H8048: שַׁמָּה
Shammâh · pronounced sham-maw' · “Shammah”
Definition
Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shammah.
Word origin: the same as H8047 (שַׁמָּה);
Extended definition
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8048 is translated
- shammah ×6
- was shammah ×1
Bible verses with H8048 (Shammâh)
Shammâh appears in 7 verses.
- Genesis 36:13
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 36:17
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- 1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
- 1 Samuel 17:13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 2 Samuel 23:25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
- 2 Samuel 23:33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.