Strong’s H8080 · Hebrew
שָׁמַן
shâman
shaw-man'
Definition
to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
Etymology
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
- become (make
- wax) fat
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.