Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8069: שָׁמִיר

Shâmîyr · pronounced shaw-meer' · “Shamir”

Definition

Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine

KJV translates it as: Shamir. Compare H8053 (שָׁמוּר).

Word origin: the same as H8068 (שָׁמִיר);

Extended definition

§ Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
a town in the mountain district of Judah

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

How H8069 is translated

  • shamir ×4

Bible verses with H8069 (Shâmîyr)

Shâmîyr appears in 4 verses.

  • 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.