Word Study · Strong's H8106 · Hebrew
שֶׁמֶר
Shemer
sheh'-mer
“Shemer, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shemer, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shamer, Shemer.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וָשָׁ֑מֶד1
- שֶׁ֖מֶר1
- שֶׁ֔מֶר1
- שָׁ֑מֶר1
- שָֽׁמֶר׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Shemer4
- and Shemed1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 4
- HC/Npm · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 16:24שֶׁ֖מֶרshemerproper noun (a name)He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.here: Shemer
- 1 Kings 16:24שֶׁ֔מֶרshemerproper noun (a name)He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.here: Shemer
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:46שָֽׁמֶר׃shamerproper noun (a name)the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,here: Shemer
- 1 Chronicles 7:34שָׁ֑מֶרshamerproper noun (a name)The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.here: Shemer
- 1 Chronicles 8:12וָשָׁ֑מֶדvashamedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Elpaal:here: and Shemed
Same headword in Strong's