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שָׁמִיר H8068

H8068 is the Hebrew word שָׁמִיר, transliterated shâmîyr and said shaw-meer'. The King James Version most often renders it briers.

Word: שָׁמִירTransliteration: shâmîyrSaid: shaw-meer'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 11 verses

What it means

a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond.

Where it comes from

from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

briers 6×even be for briers 1×become briers 1×diamond 1×adamant 1×adamant stone 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: adamant (stone), brier, diamond.

Verses using שָׁמִיר

All 11 verses, quoted in full.

Isaiah 5:6 · KJV

And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

Isaiah 7:23 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.

Isaiah 7:24 · KJV

With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.

Isaiah 7:25 · KJV

And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

Isaiah 9:18 · KJV

For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

Isaiah 10:17 · KJV

And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

Isaiah 27:4 · KJV

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Isaiah 32:13 · KJV

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

Jeremiah 17:1 · KJV

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;

Ezekiel 3:9 · KJV

As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

Zechariah 7:12 · KJV

Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8068 mean?

H8068 is the Hebrew word שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr), meaning a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond.

How is H8068 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it briers (6 times), even be for briers (1 time), become briers (1 time), diamond (1 time), adamant (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8068 appear in the Bible?

שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8068 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking.

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