Hebrew Strong's Lexicon

H8074

Lemma: שָׁמֵם

Transliteration: shaw-mame'

Definition: a primitive root; to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)

KJV Definition: make amazed, be astonied, (be an) astonish(-ment), (be, bring into, unto, lay, lie, make) desolate(-ion, places), be destitute, destroy (self), (lay, lie, make) waste, wonder

Verse usage

Yoel 1:17 NASB
The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up.
Amos 7:9 NASB
"The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword."
Amos 9:14 NASB
"Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live [in them]; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit.
Mikeas 6:13 NASB
"So also I will make [you] sick, striking you down, Desolating [you] because of your sins.
Sofonias 3:6 NASB
"I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant.
Zakarias 7:14 NASB
"but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate."