sha.mem H8074

שָׁמֵם (sha.mem) means “be desolate: destroyed” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁמֵם Hebrew · H8074 86 tagged occurrences in 81 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-mame' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8074G

שָׁמֵם · sha.mem · be desolate: destroyed

: destroyed/deserted 1) to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled 1a2) to be appalled, be awestruck 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be desolated, be made desolate 1b2) to be appalled 1c) (Polel) 1c1) to be stunned 1c2) appalling, causing horror (participle) 1c2a) horror-causer, appaller (subst) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to devastate, ravage, make desolated 1d2) to appal, show horror 1e) (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated 1f) (Hithpolel) 1f1) to cause to be desolate 1f2) to be appalled, be astounded 1f3) to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

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TBESH · H8074H

שָׁמֵם · sha.mem · be desolate: appalled

: appalled 1) to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be desolated, be deflowered, be deserted, be appalled 1a2) to be appalled, be awestruck 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be desolated, be made desolate 1b2) to be appalled 1c) (Polel) 1c1) to be stunned 1c2) appalling, causing horror (participle) 1c2a) horror-causer, appaller (subst) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to devastate, ravage, make desolated 1d2) to appal, show horror 1e) (Hophal) to lay desolate, be desolated 1f) (Hithpolel) 1f1) to cause to be desolate 1f2) to be appalled, be astounded 1f3) to cause oneself desolation, cause oneself ruin

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

KJV glosses: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder.

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How translators render H8074

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
will be appalled	6
are appalled	4
desolate	3
are deserted	2
in horror	2
it lies desolate	2
of desolation	2
that causes desolation	2
the desolate	2
will be made desolate	2
and be appalled	1
and desolate places	1
and devastated	1
and empty	1
and lay waste	1
appalled	1
are destitute	1
are destroyed	1
are in ruins	1
be appalled	1
be deserted	1
be stunned	1
became desolate	1
by lying desolate	1
desolations	1
destitute	1
devastated	1
he was amazed	1
him	1
i might devastate them	1
i was appalled	1
i was confounded	1
i will bring desolation	1
i will destroy	1
i will lay waste	1
is dismayed	1
is laid waste	1
its desolate	1
lie desolate	1
of the desolate woman	1
of the desolation	1
overwhelmed	1
ravaging them	1
should you destroy yourself	1
that are deserted	1
that was desolate	1
the desolation	1
the desolations	1
the ruined	1
they are desolate	1
they have devastated	1
they have made you desolate	1
they will be appalled	1
they will be desolate	1
to be appalled	1
to ruin you	1
was laid waste	1
was left desolate	1
we demolished them	1
were appalled	1
what was desolate	1
which lies desolate	1
will be demolished	1
will be deserted	1
will be horrified	1
will become desolate	1
will lay waste	1
will tremble in fear	1
you have devastated	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
desolate	10
are desolate	4
shall be astonished	4
shall be desolate	4
astonied	2
by it shall be astonished	2
desolations	2
me desolate	2
shall be astonied	2
that maketh desolate	2
thereby shall be astonished	2
amazed	1
and be astonied	1
and be astonished	1
and bring	1
and desolate	1
and he destroyed	1
and i was astonished	1
and i will bring	1
and i will destroy	1
and i wondered	1
and laid waste	1
and make the desolate	1
and the desolate	1
and they shall be desolate	1
and thy desolate places	1
and we have laid them waste	1
and will make	1
and wondered	1
are laid desolate	1
as it lieth desolate	1
be astonished	1
be desolate	1
because it was desolate	1
i will destroy	1
into desolation	1
is made desolate	1
it lieth desolate	1
let them be desolate	1
lie waste	1
me and be astonished	1
me is desolate	1
of desolation	1
of the desolate	1
our desolations	1
shall be an astonishment	1
shall be destitute	1
she lay desolate	1
that are desolate	1
that i might make them desolate	1
that that was desolate	1
that was desolate	1
the desolate	1
the desolations	1
the waste	1
there astonished	1
therein shall be astonished	1
they are laid desolate	1
thou hast made desolate	1
to the desolate	1
unto desolation	1
upon the desolate	1
was desolate	1
waste	1
were astonied	1
when it was desolate	1
which is desolate	1
while she lieth desolate	1
why shouldest thou destroy	1

Verses containing H8074

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Leviticus 26:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
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Leviticus 26:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
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Leviticus 26:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
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Leviticus 26:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
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Leviticus 26:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
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Leviticus 26:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
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Numbers 21:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
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1 Samuel 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
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1 Kings 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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2 Chronicles 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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2 Chronicles 36:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah.
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Ezra 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
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Ezra 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
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Job 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
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Job 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
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Job 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
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Job 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
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Psalms 40:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
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Source alternate reference: 40.16
Psalms 69:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May their place be deserted; let there be no one to dwell in their tents.
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Source alternate reference: 69.26
Psalms 79:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.
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Psalms 143:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
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Ecclesiastes 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
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Isaiah 33:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
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Isaiah 49:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
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Isaiah 49:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
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Isaiah 52:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
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Isaiah 54:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
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Isaiah 54:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
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Isaiah 59:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.
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Isaiah 61:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They will rebuild the ancient ruins; they will restore the places long devastated; they will renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
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Isaiah 63:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
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Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”
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Jeremiah 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
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Jeremiah 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
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Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
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Jeremiah 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I 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.
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Jeremiah 33:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
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Jeremiah 49:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
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Jeremiah 49:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
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Jeremiah 50:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
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Jeremiah 50:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Babylon and the strategies He has devised against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
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Lamentations 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
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Lamentations 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
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Lamentations 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
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Lamentations 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
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Ezekiel 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
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Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
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Ezekiel 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
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Ezekiel 20:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.
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