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שָׁמֵם

shâmêm · shaw-mame'Hebrew · H8074

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

In the King James Version

make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

Translated as

desolate (41), astonished (12), waste (5), astonied (5), desolations (4), desolation (3), bring (2), wondered (2), destroyed (1), astonishment (1), places (1), make (1), amazed (1), destitute (1), destroy (1)

Where it appears

Found in 77 verses

Leviticus
26:31, 26:32, 26:34, 26:35, 26:43
Numbers
21:30
1 Samuel
5:6
2 Samuel
13:20
1 Kings
9:8
2 Chronicles
7:21, 36:21
Ezra
9:4
Psalms
40:15, 69:25, 79:7
Lamentations
1:4, 1:13, 1:16, 4:5, 5:18
Hosea
2:12
Joel
1:17
Amos
7:9, 9:14
Micah
6:13
Zephaniah
3:6
Zechariah
7:14

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