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Strong's #8069: Shamiyr (pronounced shaw-meer')

the same as 8068; Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine:--Shamir. Compare 8053.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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shâmı̂yr

Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"

1) a town in the mountain district of Judah

2) a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

Part of Speech: noun proper locative



Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

Joshua 15:48: "And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,"
Judges 10:1: "of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim."
Judges 10:2: "years, and died, and was buried in Shamir."
1 Chronicles 24:24: "Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir."









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