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שָׁמִיר

sha.mirShamir
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place3 occurrences2 books3 verses
This name belongs to 3 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Shamir: Levite descendant of Uzziel
  • Shamir: Issacharite judge who led Israel for 23 years
  • Shamir: Town in the hill country of Judah

Definition

the same as H8068; Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Shamir. Compare H8053.

Glossary entries

Shamir (Place) Shamir (Person)

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

3 total
  1. Joshua 15:48שָׁמִ֥יר · Shamir
    These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
  2. Judges 10:1בְּשָׁמִ֖יר · in Shamir
    After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
  3. Judges 10:2בְּשָׁמִֽיר׃פ · in Shamir
    Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.