Shamma
שִׁמָּא/SHAM-ah/
“Astonishment or desolation”
Summary
A son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher, listed among the heads of fathers' houses and mighty warriors.
☩Identity
Shamma was the eighth of eleven sons of Zophah, a descendant of Asher. His family is recorded among the 'choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes' whose military enrollment totaled twenty-six thousand men. Beyond this genealogical listing, nothing further is known about him.
Key verses:1 Chronicles 7:37
Related Verses1 mention
1 Chronicles· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Shamma," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IX (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Shamma," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Shamma," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).