Strongs Number: H8068
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁמִיר
- Transliteration
- shâmîyr
- Phonetic
- shaw-meer'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a {gem} probably the diamond
- BDB Definition
-
1. thorn(s), adamant, flint
a. thorns, thorn-bushes
b. adamant (as sharp)
c. a sharp stone, flint
1. perhaps a diamond
- Origin
- From H8104 in the original sense of pricking
- Bible Usage
- adamant ({stone}) {brier} diamond.