Shammah

Mighty man in David's army, a Harodite

A written article for Shammah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shammah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1200 BC
    1000 BC
  • Shammah
    c. 1050 BC

Original word

  • שַׁמָּה shammah
    H8048
Citations
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Where Shammah appears in Scripture

Genesis 36

וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל נַחַת וָזֶרַח שַׁמָּה וּמִזָּה אֵלֶּה הָיוּ בְּנֵי בָֽשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו׃
13
And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל בֶּן-עֵשָׂו אַלּוּף נַחַת אַלּוּף זֶרַח אַלּוּף שַׁמָּה אַלּוּף מִזָּה אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי רְעוּאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בָֽשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו׃
17
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

1 Samuel 16

וַיַּֽעֲבֵר יִשַׁי שַׁמָּה וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם-בָּזֶה לֹֽא-בָחַר יְהוָֽה׃
9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

1 Samuel 17

וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי-יִשַׁי הַגְּדֹלִים הָֽלְכוּ אַֽחֲרֵי-שָׁאוּל לַמִּלְחָמָה וְשֵׁם׀ שְׁלֹשֶׁת בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר הָֽלְכוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה אֱלִיאָב הַבְּכוֹר וּמִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִינָדָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁי שַׁמָּֽה׃
13
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

2 Samuel 23

וְאַֽחֲרָיו שַׁמָּה בֶן-אָגֵא הָֽרָרִי וַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה וַתְּהִי-שָׁם חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה מְלֵאָה עֲדָשִׁים וְהָעָם נָס מִפְּנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
שַׁמָּה הַֽחֲרֹדִי אֱלִיקָא הַֽחֲרֹדִֽי׃
25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
שַׁמָּה הַֽהֲרָרִי אֲחִיאָם בֶּן-שָׁרָר הָֽארָרִֽי׃
33
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,

1 Chronicles 1

בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל נַחַת זֶרַח שַׁמָּה וּמִזָּֽה׃
37
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.