סַם sam

Hebrew word for “spice” · Strong’s H5561 · used 16 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

1) spice; 1a) a spice used in incense

How it is translated

Glosses given for sam in context, with how often each is used:

• perfumes 14
• spices 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 35 (3), Exodus 30 (2), Exodus 25 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Exodus 37 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Exodus 40 (1), Leviticus 4 (1), Leviticus 16 (1), Numbers 4 (1)

Forms

• הסמים 9
• סמים 7

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 14
• מִשְׁחָה mishchah “anointing” 8
• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 8
• מָאוֹר maor “light” 4
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 4
• בֶּשֶׂם besem “spice” 3
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 4
• מַעֲרֶכֶת maarekhet “row” 2
• פֶּתַח petach “entrance” 3
• בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 3
• מָסָךְ masakh “covering” 2
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 3

Key verses

The verses using sam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 25:6 — Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
• Exodus 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
• Exodus 30:34 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be…
• Exodus 31:11 — And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
• Exodus 35:8 — And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
• Exodus 37:29 — And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
• Exodus 39:38 — And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,
• Leviticus 4:7 — And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and…
• Leviticus 16:12 — And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it…
• Numbers 4:16 — And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the…
• 2 Chronicles 2:4 — Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for…
• 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.