H8105 - שֶׁמֶר (shemer)

H8105 שֶׁמֶר (shemer) sheh'-mer

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

dreg

Strong's Definition

something preserved, i.e. the settlings (plural only) of wine

Derivation: from H8104 (שָׁמַר);

KJV Usage: dregs, (wines on the) lees.

TWOT Reference: 2415a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) lees, dregs

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3631

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

lees, dregs

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שֶׁמֶר shemer BDB Definition: 1) lees, dregs Part of Speech: noun masculine plural A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H8104 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2415a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (4)

75:8

25:6

48:11

1:12

Isaiah 25:6

On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat..., of finely aged wine.

Jeremiah 48:11

Moab has been at ease from youth, settled... like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel [or] gone into exile. So... his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.

Zephaniah 1:12

And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, The LORD... will do nothing, either good or bad.