Shamhuth — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁמְהוּת

שַׁמְהוּת

Shamhûwth · pronounced sham-hooth' · Strong's H8049 · a man

Shamhuth means desolation.

Built from

שַׁמָּה Shammâh (for, H8048) — Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites open in the lexicon ›

for H8048; desolation; Shamhuth, an Israelite.

1Chr 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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