First name Shammah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shammah is the name of the son of Reuel (GEN 36:13) and chief of Edom (GEN 36:17), as well as name of third-born (1CH 2:13) son of Jesse (1SA 16:9) brother of David, third of "the thirty" of David's men, son of Agee (2SA 23:11), the Harodite, eighth of "the thirty" of David's men (2SA 23:25), and the Hararite (2SA 23:33), twenty-fifth of "the thirty" of David's men. Meaning of the name: loss; desolation; astonishment. Related names are: Nahath, Zerah, Mizzah . The translations of Shammah in 23 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Samma in Norwegian to Shimah in Malay!
Wear it!And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (GEN 36:13)
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. (GEN 36:17)
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. (1SA 16:9)
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. (1SA 17:13)
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. (2SA 23:11)
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, (2SA 23:25)
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2SA 23:33)
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (1CH 1:37)