Hebrew word study
שָׁמִיר H8068
- Transliteration
- shâmîyr
- Pronunciation
- shaw-meer'
- KJV glosses
- adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
Lexical summary
a thorn
also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
a thorn
also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information