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שְׁמָמָה H8077

H8077 is the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָה, transliterated shᵉmâmâh and said shem-aw-maw'. The King James Version most often renders it desolate.

Word: שְׁמָמָהTransliteration: shᵉmâmâhSaid: shem-aw-maw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 48 verses

What it means

devastation; figuratively, astonishment.

Where it comes from

or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of H8076 (שָׁמֵם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 51 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

desolate 32×desolation 9×become desolate 1×even a desolation 1×presence and it is desolate 1×utterly 1×being desolate 1×wholly desolate 1×most 1×desolations 1×laid desolate 1×whereas it lay desolate 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.

Verses using שְׁמָמָה

The first 40 of 48 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 23:29 · KJV

I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.

Leviticus 26:33 · KJV

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

Joshua 8:28 · KJV

And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

Isaiah 1:7 · KJV

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Isaiah 6:11 · KJV

Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

Isaiah 62:4 · KJV

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Jeremiah 4:27 · KJV

For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

Jeremiah 6:8 · KJV

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

Jeremiah 9:11 · KJV

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 10:22 · KJV

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

Jeremiah 12:10 · KJV

Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

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 32:43 · KJV

And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

Jeremiah 34:22 · KJV

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 44:6 · KJV

Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day.

Jeremiah 49:2 · KJV

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 49:33 · KJV

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

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.

Jeremiah 51:26 · KJV

And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:62 · KJV

Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.

Ezekiel 6:14 · KJV

So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 7:27 · KJV

The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 12:20 · KJV

And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 14:15 · KJV

If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:

Ezekiel 15:8 · KJV

And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 23:33 · KJV

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

Ezekiel 29:9 · KJV

And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it.

Ezekiel 29:10 · KJV

Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia.

Ezekiel 29:12 · KJV

And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

Ezekiel 32:15 · KJV

When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 33:28 · KJV

For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.

Ezekiel 33:29 · KJV

Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed.

Ezekiel 35:4 · KJV

I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:7 · KJV

Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.

Ezekiel 35:9 · KJV

I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 35:12 · KJV

And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.

Ezekiel 35:15 · KJV

As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:34 · KJV

And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

Joel 2:3 · KJV

A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.

Joel 2:20 · KJV

But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8077 mean?

H8077 is the Hebrew word שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh), meaning devastation; figuratively, astonishment.

How is H8077 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it desolate (32 times), desolation (9 times), become desolate (1 time), even a desolation (1 time), presence and it is desolate (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8077 appear in the Bible?

שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh) is tagged in 48 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8077 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of H8076 (שָׁמֵם).

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