- Original: שׁמיר
- Transliteration: Shamiyr
- Phonetic: shaw-meer'
- Definition:
1. thorn(s), adamant, flint
a. thorns, thorn-bushes
b. adamant (as sharp)
c. a sharp stone, flint
1. perhaps a diamond
- Origin: from
H8104 in the original sense of pricking
- TWOT entry: 2416a
- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine
- Strong's: From
H8104 in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem probably the diamond: - adamant (stone) brier diamond.
Total KJV Occurrences: 11
• adamant, 1
Ezekiel 3:9
• briers, 8
Isaiah 5:6;
Isaiah 7:23;
Isaiah 7:24;
Isaiah 7:25;
Isaiah 9:18;
Isaiah 10:17;
Isaiah 27:4;
Isaiah 32:13
• diamond, 1
Jeremiah 17:1
• stone, 1
Zechariah 7:12