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shamir

shamir


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Shamir 
  a  sharp  thorn.  (1.)  One  of  the  sons  of  Michah  (1  Chr.  24:24). 
 
  (2.)  A  town  among  the  mountains  of  Judah  (Josh.  15:48); 
  probably  Somerah  2  1/2  miles  north-west  of  Debir. 
 
  (3.)  The  residence  of  Tola,  one  of  the  judges,  on  Mount 
  Ephraim  (Judg.  10:1,  2). 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Shamir,  Shamer,  prison;  bush;  lees;  thorn