שָׁמֵן shamen

Hebrew word for “rich” · Strong’s H8082 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

1) fat, rich, robust; 1a) fat, rich (of food); 1b) stout, robust (of men)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shamen in context, with how often each is used:

• fertile 3
• fat 2
• will be rich 1
• ¿ fat 1
• stout person 1
• rich 1
• fat one 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Nehemiah 9 (2), Ezekiel 34 (2), Genesis 49 (1), Numbers 13 (1), Judges 3 (1), 1 Chronicles 4 (1), Isaiah 30 (1), Habakkuk 1 (1)

Forms

• שׁמן 4
• שׁמנה 2
• השׁמנה 2
• והשׁמנה 1
• ושׁמן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shamen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִרְעֶה mireh “pasture” 2
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 3
• רָחָב rachav “broad” 2
• מַאֲכָל maakhal “food” 2
• טוּב tuv “goodness” 2
• אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 2
• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
• עֵץ ets “tree” 2
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2

Key verses

The verses using shamen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:20 — Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
• Numbers 13:20 — And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the…
• Judges 3:29 — And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
• 1 Chronicles 4:40 — And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
• Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so…
• Nehemiah 9:35 — For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them,…
• Isaiah 30:23 — Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in…
• Ezekiel 34:14 — I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall…
• Ezekiel 34:16 — I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick:…
• Habakkuk 1:16 — Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.