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Strong's Number H8058

שָׁמַט

shamat · shaw-mat'

Transliteration:

shamat{shaw-mat'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2408

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit

Usage in the KJV:

release 2, throw down 1, shake 1, stumble 1, discontinue 1, overthrown 1, let rest 1

Total: 9
Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to release, let drop or loose or rest or fall
1. (Qal) to let drop or fall
2. (Niphal) to be made to fall down, be thrown down
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause to let drop
  2. to release, let drop