Shamir

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Shamir
     a sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24).
     
       (2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48);
     probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.
     


       (3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount
     Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Shamir, Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn