Strong's Hebrew · H8080
שָׁמַן
shâman · shaw-man'
Definitionto shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagebecome (make, wax) fat.
Occurrences4 in the KJV · 3 verses
שָׁמַן in Scripture
Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness ; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Nehemiah 9:25
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.