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Strong's Number H8074

שָׁמֵם

shamem · shaw-mame'

Transliteration:

shamem{shaw-mame'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2409

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

desolate 50, astonished 14, desolation 7, waste 5, destroy 3, wondered 2, amazed 1, astonishment 1, misc 4

Total: 92
Occurs 86 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy
1. (Qal)
  1. to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled
  2. to be appalled, be awestruck
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be desolated, be made desolate
  2. to be appalled
3. (Polel)
  1. to be stunned
  2. appalling, causing horror (participle)
    1. horror-causer, appaller (subst)
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to devastate, ravage, make desolated
  2. to appal, show horror
5. (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated
6. (Hithpolel)
  1. to cause to be desolate
  2. to be appalled, be astounded
  3. to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin