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a thorn, adamant, flint Original Word: שָׁמִירTransliteration: shamir Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-meer') Short Definition: adamant
from an unused word Definition a thorn, adamant, flint NASB Word Usage briars (8), diamond (1), emery (1), flint (1). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
From shamar in the original sense of pricking; a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond -- adamant (stone), brier, diamond. see HEBREW shamar
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