Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Shamir
Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn
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Shamir
Shamer, prison; bush; Shamir is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn.” This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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- Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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Strong's Concordance
Shamir
Indexed occurrences: 4
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SHAMIR
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Shamir
Meaning:
Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
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SHAMIR
Nave’s Topical Bible references for SHAMIR.
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Adamant
(Heb. shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the truth (Zech. 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the truth (Jer. 17:1).
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Diamond
(1.) A precious gem (Heb. yahalom', in allusion to its hardness), otherwise unknown, the sixth, i.e., the third in the second row, in the breastplate of the high priest, with the name of Naphtali engraven on it (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; R.V. marg., "sardonyx.") (2.) A precious stone (Heb. shamir', a sharp point) mentioned in Jer. 17:1. From its hardness it was used for cutting and perforating other minerals. It is rendered "adamant" (q.v.) in Ezek. 3:9, Zech. 7:12. It is the hardest and most valuable of precious stones.
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Shamir
Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn
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