Word Study · Strong's H8047 · Hebrew
שַׁמָּה
shammah
sham-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shammâh
“ruin”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
ruin; by implication, consternation
Rendered in the KJV as
astonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.
- 39occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 17inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 39 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 17
- לְשַׁמָּ֔ה10
- לְשַׁמָּ֣ה7
- לְשַׁמָּ֖ה3
- לְשַׁמָּ֛ה3
- וּלְשַׁמָּה֙2
- לְשַׁמָּ֑ה2
- לְשַׁמָּ֗ה2
- וּלְשַׁמָּ֧ה1
- לְשַׁמָּה֙1
- לְשַׁמָּ֧ה1
- לְשַׁמָּֽה׃ פ1
- שַׁמָּ֑ה1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- into a waste21
- into a horror9
- and into a waste2
- desolation2
- a horror1
- an atrocious event1
- and into a horror1
- desolations1
- horror1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition + noun · feminine singular30
- noun · feminine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular3
- noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsa · 30
- HNcfsa · 5
- HC/R/Ncfsa · 3
- HNcfpa · 1
All 39, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah24 of 39 · 62%
- Isaiah3 of 39 · 8%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 39 · 5%
- Psalms2 of 39 · 5%
- Deuteronomy1 of 39 · 3%
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 29:8לְשַׁמָּ֣הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularTherefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and mockery, as you can see with your own eyes.here: into a horror
- 2 Chronicles 30:7לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularDo not be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the LORD, the God of their fathers, so that He made them an object of horror, as you can see.here: into a horror
Psalms2 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:9לְשַׁמָּ֣הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularI heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.here: into a waste
- Isaiah 13:9לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularBehold, the Day of the LORD is coming— cruel, with fury and burning anger— to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it.here: into a waste
- Isaiah 24:12שַׁמָּ֑הshamahnoun · feminine singularThe city is left in ruins; its gate is reduced to rubble.here: desolation
Jeremiah24 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:15לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe young lions have roared at him; they have growled with a loud voice. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 4:7לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularA lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 5:30שַׁמָּה֙shamahnoun · feminine singularA horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land.here: an atrocious event
- Jeremiah 8:21שַׁמָּ֖הshamahnoun · feminine singularFor the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me.here: desolation
- Jeremiah 18:16לְשַׁמָּ֖הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThey have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 19:8לְשַׁמָּ֖הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularI will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 25:9לְשַׁמָּ֣הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularbehold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 25:11לְשַׁמָּ֑הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 25:18לְשַׁמָּ֛הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularto make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 25:38לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHe has left His den like a lion, for their land has been made a desolation by the sword of the oppressor, and because of the fierce anger of the LORD.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 29:18וּלְשַׁמָּה֙uleshamahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularI will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.here: and into a waste
- Jeremiah 42:18וּלְשַׁמָּה֙uleshamahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’here: and into a horror
- Jeremiah 44:12לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularAnd I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.here: into a horror
- Jeremiah 44:22וּלְשַׁמָּ֧הuleshamahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singularSo the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.here: and into a waste
- Jeremiah 46:19לְשַׁמָּ֣הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularPack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 48:9לְשַׁמָּ֣הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularPut salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 49:13לְשַׁמָּ֧הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFor by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 49:17לְשַׁמָּ֑הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singular“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.here: into a horror
- Jeremiah 50:3לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFor a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 50:23לְשַׁמָּ֛הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHow the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!here: into a horror
- Jeremiah 51:29לְשַׁמָּ֖הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThe earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.here: into a waste
- Jeremiah 51:37שַׁמָּ֥הshamahnoun · feminine singularBabylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.here: a horror
- Jeremiah 51:41לְשַׁמָּ֛הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHow Sheshach has been captured! The praise of all the earth has been seized. What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!here: into a horror
- Jeremiah 51:43לְשַׁמָּ֔הleshamahpreposition + noun · feminine singularHer cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.here: into a waste
Same headword in Strong's