Know the Word.

Hebrew word

shâmêm

shaw-mame'

שָׁמֵם

What it means

to stun, i.e. devastate or stupefy

to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • desolate41
  • astonished12
  • waste5
  • astonied5
  • desolations4
  • desolation3
  • bring2
  • wondered2

Every place it appears 81