What does שָׁמֵם · ἐρημόω mean in the Bible?
שָׁמֵם · ἐρημόω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to become ruined or devastated".
Hebrew · H8074, G2049
שָׁמֵם
To stun (or intransitively, grow numb ), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense) · to lay waste (literally or figuratively)
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שָׁמֵםH8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb ), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
Pronunciationshāmēm
Devastation that numbs or stuns the observer; desolation as both physical destruction and psychological shock.
Open lexicon entry →ἐρημόωG2049to lay waste (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciationerēmóō
Open lexicon entry →What does שָׁמֵם (shamem) mean in the Bible?
שָׁמֵם · ἐρημόω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to become ruined or devastated".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8074, G2049?
H8074, G2049 is connected to 86 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to become ruined or devastated
Source Gloss
to become ruined or devastated
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups5Aligned forms51
Qalbasic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense26×
Participle activeDan 8:13 · Dan 9:26 · Dan 9:27 · Dan 12:11 · Isa 49:8 · Isa 54:1 · Isa 61:4 · Lam 1:4 · Lam 1:1610×
Imperfect1Kgs 9:8 · 2Chr 7:21 · Jer 18:16 · Jer 19:8 · Jer 49:17 · Jer 50:13 · Job 17:8 · Ps 40:168×
PerfectEzek 27:35 · Ezek 28:19 · Ezek 35:12 · Isa 52:14 · Ezek 35:156×
Infinitive constructEzek 36:31×
Sequential imperfectJer 2:121×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action12×
PerfectIsa 33:8 · Job 18:20 · Joel 1:17 · Lam 4:5 · Zeph 3:6 · Ezek 25:3 · Jer 12:117×
Participle activeAmos 9:14 · Ezek 29:12 · Ezek 30:7 · Isa 54:3 · Ps 69:265×
Poel4×
Participle activeDan 9:27 · Dan 11:312×
Participle passiveEzra 9:3 · Ezra 9:42×
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action7×
PerfectJer 10:25 · Ps 79:7 · Job 16:73×
ImperfectJer 49:20 · Jer 50:452×
Participle activeEzek 3:151×
Infinitive absoluteMic 6:131×
Hithpolel2×
ImperfectEccl 7:16 · Ps 143:42×
Word Origins
שָׁמֵם is a primitive root - no further derivation.