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שָׁמֵן

shâmên · Hebrew · Strong's H8082 · 10 occurrences

The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew words as “fat”

What it means

greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich

from H8080 (שָׁמַן);

How the KJV renders it

fat, lusty, plenteous

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

fat
also renders bᵉrîy (H1274), bâsâr (H1320), dâshên (H1879), yâqâr (H3368)
plenteous
also renders polýs (G4183), rab (H7227)

Where it appears

10 occurrences in the Hebrew text.

1 Chronicles 4:40 HAamsaEzekiel 34:14 HAamsaEzekiel 34:16 HTd/AafsaGenesis 49:20 HAafsaHabakkuk 1:16 HAamsaIsaiah 30:23 HC/AamsaJudges 3:29 HAamsaNehemiah 9:25 HAafsaNehemiah 9:35 HC/Td/AafsaNumbers 13:20 HTi/Aafsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.