שָׁמִיר Shâmîyr

Meaning

Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine

In the King James Version: Shamir. Compare H8053 (שָׁמוּר).

Derivation: the same as H8068 (שָׁמִיר);

Where it is used

• Joshua 15:48 These were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh,
• Judges 10:1 After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
• Judges 10:2 Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
• 1 Chronicles 24:24 From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.