Strong’s definition
a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
KJV gloss list in the source
adamant (stone), brier, diamond.
Source pronunciation notation: shaw-meer'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H8104 (שָׁמַר) in the original sense of pricking;
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