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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shamir

Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shamir

(n point or thorn.)

A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron.
A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. (Judges 10:1,2) Perhaps Samur , half-way between Samaria and Jenin .
A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. (1 Chronicles 24:24)

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A sharp thorn.

(1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chronicles 24:24).

(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.

(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judges 10:1, 2).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHAMIR (1)

sha'-mer (shamir; Sameir):

(1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh (Joshua 15:48) as one of the cities of Judah in the hill country. Possibly it is Khirbet (or Umm) Somerah, 2,000 ft. above sea-level, a site with ancient walls, caves, cisterns and tombs not far West of Debir (edh Dhatheriyeh) and 2 miles North of Anab (`Anab) (Palestine Exploration Fund, III, 262, 286, Sh XX).

(2) A place in the hill country of Ephraim (Judges 10:1) from which came "Tola, the son of Pual, a man of Issachar," who judged Israel 23 years; he died and was buried there. It is an attractive theory (Schwartz) which would identify the place with the semi-fortified and strongly-placed town of Sanur on the road from Nablus to Jenin. A local chieftain in the early part of the last century fortified Sanur and from there dominated the whole district. That Sanur could hardly have been within the bounds of Issachar is an objection, but not necessarily a fatal one. It is noticeable that the Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus has Samareia, for Shamir (Palestine Exploration Fund, II, Sh XI).

E. W. G. Masterman

SHAMIR (2)

(shamir; Samer): A Kohathite, son of Micah (1 Chronicles 24:24).

Strong's Hebrew

8053. Shamur -- Shamir
Shamur or Shamir. 8052, 8053. Shamur or Shamir. 8054 . Shamir. Transliteration:
Shamur or Shamir Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-moor') Short Definition: Shamir. ...
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8069a. Shamir -- a city in Judah, also a city in Ephraim
... 8069, 8069a. Shamir. 8069b . a city in Judah, also a city in Ephraim.
Transliteration: Shamir Short Definition: Shamir. Word Origin ...
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8069b. Shamir -- a Levite
... Shamir. 8070 . a Levite. Transliteration: Shamir Short Definition: Shamir. Word
Origin from the same as shamir Definition a Levite NASB Word Usage Shamir (1). ...
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8068. shamir -- a thorn, adamant, flint
... 8067, 8068. shamir. 8069 . a thorn, adamant, flint. Transliteration: shamir
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-meer') Short Definition: briars. ... shamir. 8069 . ...
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8069. Shamiyr -- a city in Judah, also a city in Ephraim
... 8068, 8069. Shamiyr. 8069a . a city in Judah, also a city in Ephraim.
Transliteration: Shamiyr Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-meer') Short Definition: Shamir. ...
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Library

Appendix xii. The Baptism of Proselytes
... It is said, that as no iron was to be used in the construction of the Temple, Solomon
was anxious to secure the services of the worm Shamir, which possessed ...
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Thesaurus

Shamir (4 Occurrences)
...SHAMIR (1). sha'-mer (shamir; Sameir): (1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh
(Joshua 15:48) as one of the cities of Judah in the hill country. ...SHAMIR (2). ...
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Adamant (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews shamir), Ezek. 3:9. The Greek word adamas
means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum ...
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Tola (5 Occurrences)
... (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who "judged" Israel twenty-three years
(Judges 10:1, 2), when he died, and was buried in Shamir. ...
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Jattir (4 Occurrences)
... jat'-er (yattir, and yattir): A town in the hill country of Judah, mentioned in
conjunction with Shamir and Socoh (Joshua 15:48); one of the cities given to ...
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Socoh (4 Occurrences)
... The Sucathites (1 Chronicles 2:55) were probably inhabitants of Soco. (2) A city
of Judah in the South, associated (Joshua 15:48) with Shamir and Jattir. ...
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Issachar (40 Occurrences)
... The fortresses along the South edge of the plain were held by Manasseh.
Tola, a man of Issachar, held Shamir, a stronghold in Mt. ...
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Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... (16) shayith: A word peculiar to Isaiah (5:6; 7:23;; 9:18; 10:17; 27:4) and always
associated with shamir (See (17)), always translated "thorns." (17) shamir...
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Uz'ziel (16 Occurrences)
... Isshiah the second. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 24:24 The sons of Uzziel, Micah;
of the sons of Micah, Shamir. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles ...
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Judgeth (37 Occurrences)
... Rishathaim; (YLT). Judges 10:2 and he judgeth Israel twenty and three years,
and he dieth, and is buried in Shamir. (YLT). Judges ...
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Is'sachar (40 Occurrences)
... Judges 10:1 After Abim'elech there arose to deliver Israel Tola the son of Pu'ah,
son of Dodo, a man of Is'sachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country ...
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Bible Concordance

Shamir (4 Occurrences)

Joshua 15:48 In the hill country, Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 10:1 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 10:2 He judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 24:24 The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Shamir

Shamir: A City in the Mountains of Judah

Shamir: A City on Mount Ephraim: The Home and Burial Place of Tola, One of Israel's Judges

Shamir: Son of Michah, a Levite

Related Terms

Adamant (2 Occurrences)

Tola (5 Occurrences)

Jattir (4 Occurrences)

Socoh (4 Occurrences)