Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8076
שָׁמֵם
sha.mem · “devastated”
Used 6 times across 5 books
Definition
devastated, deserted, desolate
Where it appears
2 Samuel1
Jeremiah1
Lamentations2
Ezekiel1
Daniel1
In the text
2 Samuel 13:20And 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.Jeremiah 12:11They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.Lamentations 1:13From 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 3:11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.Ezekiel 36:4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;Daniel 9:17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
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