Strong's H8058
שָׁמַט
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, שָׁמַט is translated as: discontinue, overthrow, release, let rest, shake, stumble, throw down..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.