H8068 Hebrew
שָׁמִיר
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
- Transliteration
- shâmîyr
- Pronunciation
- shaw-meer'
- Concordance
- 22 occurrences
- Dictionary
- Thorn Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- Definition
- from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
- KJV usage
- adamant (stone), brier, diamond.