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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.
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.