Shâmîyr — H8069

Definition

locative proper noun

Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine

1. Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
2. n pr loc
3. a town in the mountain district of Judah
4. a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

Usually translated as

Shamir

Origin

the same as H8068

• Same as Shâmîyr (H8068)

Occurrences

Shâmîyr occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Joshua 15:48 — And in the mountains, Shamir (שָׁמִ֥יר), and Jattir, and Socoh,
• Judges 10:1 — And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir (בְּשָׁמִ֖יר) in mount Ephraim.
• Judges 10:2 — And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir (בְּשָׁמִֽיר).
• 1 Chronicles 24:24 — Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir (שָׁמִֽיר).