שָׁמֵן
šāmēn
grow fat
Strong's H8080VerbHebrewTWOT 2410

שָׁמֵן (šāmēn) is a Hebrew verb meaning grow fat. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8080).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2410)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2410)grow fat; fat; shine, be, make, oily, gross; become fat
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שָׁמֵן verb: grow fat

Strong's H8080 שָׁמַן: to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
KJV:become (make, wax) fat.

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.

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:15Isaiah 6:10Jeremiah 5:28

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