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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Ezekiel 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,
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Ezekiel 26:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.
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Ezekiel 27:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the people of the coastlands are appalled over you. Their kings shudder with fear; their faces are contorted.
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Ezekiel 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the nations who know you are appalled over you. You have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”
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Ezekiel 29:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation among desolate lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among the ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
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Ezekiel 30:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities.
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Ezekiel 30:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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Ezekiel 30:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgment on Thebes.
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Ezekiel 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
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Ezekiel 32:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’
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Ezekiel 33:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make the land a desolate waste, and the pride of her strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, so that no one will pass through.
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Ezekiel 35:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’
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Ezekiel 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 36:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,
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Ezekiel 36:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
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Ezekiel 36:35 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’
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Ezekiel 36:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the nations around you that remain will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt what was destroyed, and I have replanted what was desolate. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it.
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Daniel 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?”
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Daniel 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.
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Daniel 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
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Daniel 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed.
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Daniel 9:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
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Daniel 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
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Daniel 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
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Hosea 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.
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Source alternate reference: 2.14
Joel 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away.
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Amos 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
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Amos 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
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Micah 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.
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Zephaniah 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
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Zechariah 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
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