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shamir. Ezek. 3: 9; Zech. 7: 12. Though once translated 'diamond,' Jer. 17: 1, it is used symbolically of extreme hardness, 'harder than a flint.' The word is translated 'briars' and signifies any 'sharp point:' hence a diamond point, or anything hard.