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שָׁמֵם H8074

H8074 is the Hebrew word שָׁמֵם, transliterated shâmêm and said shaw-mame'. The King James Version most often renders it desolate.

Word: שָׁמֵםTransliteration: shâmêmSaid: shaw-mame'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 77 verses

What it means

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 61 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

desolate 26×astonished 10×astonied 4×desolations 4×desolation 3×bring 2×lieth desolate 2×destroy 2×wondered 2×thereby shall be astonished 2×waste 2×laid desolate 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Verses using שָׁמֵם

The first 40 of 77 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 26:31 · KJV

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

Leviticus 26:32 · KJV

And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

Leviticus 26:34 · KJV

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:35 · KJV

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Leviticus 26:43 · KJV

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Numbers 21:30 · KJV

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

1 Samuel 5:6 · KJV

But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

2 Samuel 13:20 · KJV

And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

1 Kings 9:8 · KJV

And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?

2 Chronicles 7:21 · KJV

And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

2 Chronicles 36:21 · KJV

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Ezra 9:4 · KJV

Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

Job 16:7 · KJV

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Job 17:8 · KJV

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

Job 18:20 · KJV

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

Job 21:5 · KJV

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Psalm 40:15 · KJV

Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Psalm 69:25 · KJV

Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents.

Psalm 79:7 · KJV

For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.

Isaiah 33:8 · KJV

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.

Isaiah 42:14 · KJV

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Isaiah 49:8 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

Isaiah 49:19 · KJV

For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Isaiah 52:14 · KJV

As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

Isaiah 54:1 · KJV

Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 54:3 · KJV

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Isaiah 59:16 · KJV

And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

Isaiah 61:4 · KJV

And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

Isaiah 63:5 · KJV

And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.

Jeremiah 2:12 · KJV

Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 4:9 · KJV

And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder.

Jeremiah 12:11 · KJV

They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Jeremiah 18:16 · KJV

To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Jeremiah 19:8 · KJV

And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

Jeremiah 33:10 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,

Jeremiah 49:17 · KJV

Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.

Jeremiah 50:13 · KJV

Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.

Lamentations 1:4 · KJV

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

Lamentations 1:13 · KJV

From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

Lamentations 1:16 · KJV

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8074 mean?

H8074 is the Hebrew word שָׁמֵם (shâmêm), meaning to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense).

How is H8074 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it desolate (26 times), astonished (10 times), astonied (4 times), desolations (4 times), desolation (3 times), among others.

How many times does H8074 appear in the Bible?

שָׁמֵם (shâmêm) is tagged in 77 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8074 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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