King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8047
Transliteration: shammah
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: waste, horror
Meaning: ruin, consternation
Word Summary
shammah: waste, horror
Original Word: שַׁמָּהTransliteration: shammah
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: waste, horror
Meaning: ruin, consternation
Strong's Concordance
ruin, desolation, waste From shamem; ruin; by implication, consternation -- astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
see HEBREW shamem
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8047. shammah
I. שַׁמָּה noun feminine waste, appalment (24 t. Jeremiah); — absolute ׳שׁ Jeremiah 5:30 +; plural absolute שַׁמּוֺת Psalm 46:9; —
1 a waste, of land, city, etc., Hosea 5:9; Isaiah 5:9; 13:9; 24:12; Zechariah 7:14; Jeremiah 2:15; 4:7; 18:16; 19:8; 46:19; 48:9; 50:3; 51:29, 43, vine Joel 1:7; person Psalm 73:19; שׁ ׳כּוֺם וּשְׁמָמָה Ezekiel 23:33.
2 appalment, horror, i.e. occasion of it; of people land etc., Deuteronomy 28:37; 2 Kings 22:19; Micah 6:16; Zephaniah 2:15; Jeremiah 5:30; 25:9, 11, 18, 38; 29:18; 44:12, 22; 49:13, 17; 50:23; 51:37, 41; 2 Chronicles 29:8; 30:7; ׳שׁ ׳הֶחֱזִָק֑תְנִ Jeremiah 8:21.