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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(desolation). (1) A
duke
of
Edom
(
Gen. 36:13,17
13
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:13)
17
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:17)
;
1 Chron. 1:37
37
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (1 Chronicles 1:37)
). (2) Third
son
of
Jesse
(
1 Sam. 16:9; 17:13
9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (1 Samuel 16:9)
13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (1 Samuel 17:13)
). Called also,
Shimea
,
Shimeah
, and
Shimma
. (3) One of the
three
greatest of
David
’s mighty men (
2 Sam. 23:11-17,33
11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
14
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
16
And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord.
17
And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:11‑17)
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33)
). (4) Another of David’s mighty men (
2 Sam. 23:25
25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, (2 Samuel 23:25)
).
Shammoth
(
1 Chron. 11:27
27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, (1 Chronicles 11:27)
).
Shamhuth
(
1 Chron. 27:8
8
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (1 Chronicles 27:8)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
Son
of
Reuel
, a son of
Esau
(
Gen. 36:13,17
13
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:13)
17
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:17)
;
1 Chron. 1:37
37
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (1 Chronicles 1:37)
).
2.
Son of
Jesse
and
brother
of
David
(
1 Sam. 16:9
9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (1 Samuel 16:9)
;
1 Sam. 17:13
13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (1 Samuel 17:13)
). Called
SHIMEAH
in
2 Samuel 13:3
3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtile man. (2 Samuel 13:3)
; and
SHIMMA
in
1 Chronicles 2:13
13
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, (1 Chronicles 2:13)
.
3.
Son of
Agee
a
Hararite
and one of David’s mighty men (
2 Sam. 23:11
11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. (2 Samuel 23:11)
).
4-5.
Two of David’s mighty men, one a
Harodite
and the other a Hararite (
2 Sam. 23:25, 33
25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, (2 Samuel 23:25)
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
8048
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Shammah
Phonic:
sham-maw’
Meaning:
the same as
8047
; Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites
KJV Usage:
Shammah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
desolation: appalment
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Amazement; desolation; destruction:―name of an Edomite and four Israelites [SHAMMA], 1 Sam. 16:9. {Stupor}
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