Word Study · Strong's H8082 · Hebrew
שָׁמֵן
shamen
shaw-mane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâmên
“greasy, i.e. gross”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich
Rendered in the KJV as
fat, lusty, plenteous.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- שָׁמֵ֣ן2
- הַשְּׁמֵנָ֨ה1
- הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧ה1
- וְהַשְּׁמֵנָ֛ה1
- וְשָׁמֵ֑ן1
- שָׁמֵ֖ן1
- שָׁמֵ֛ן1
- שְׁמֵנָ֣ה1
- שְׁמֵנָה֒1
How it is rendered · 9
- fertile2
- ¿ fat1
- [is] fat1
- [will be] rich1
- and fat1
- and the fertile1
- rich1
- stout [person]1
- the fat [one]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- adjective · masculine singular4
- adjective · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singular1
- question particle + adjective · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 4
- HAafsa · 2
- HC/Aamsa · 1
- HC/Td/Aafsa · 1
- HTd/Aafsa · 1
- HTi/Aafsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah2 of 10 · 20%
- Ezekiel2 of 10 · 20%
- Genesis1 of 10 · 10%
- Numbers1 of 10 · 10%
- Judges1 of 10 · 10%
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Genesis1 occurrence
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 9:25שְׁמֵנָה֒shemenahadjective · feminine singularThey captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.here: fertile
- Nehemiah 9:35וְהַשְּׁמֵנָ֛הvehashemenahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singularFor even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.here: and the fertile
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 34:14שָׁמֵ֛ןshamenadjective · masculine singularI will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.here: rich
- Ezekiel 34:16הַשְּׁמֵנָ֧הhashemenahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singularI will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’here: the fat [one]