שְׁמָמָה
šimāmâ
a devastation
Strong's H8077NounHebrewTWOT 2409c

שְׁמָמָה (šimāmâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning a devastation. It appears 58 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8077).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2409c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2409c)devastation; astonishment; desolate, desolation, waste
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁמָמָה

Strong's H8077 שְׁמָמָה: devastation; figuratively, astonishment
KJV:(laid, × most) desolate(-ion), waste.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2409: שָׁמֵם šāmēm — be desolated, appalled; awestruck; appalling, causing horror; devastate, ravage, appal, shewing horror; all the days of, being desolate; astounded, cause oneself desolation, ruin; stun, grow numb, stupefy; make amazed, be astonied…

See it in Scripture

Exodus 23:29Leviticus 26:33Joshua 8:28

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