שֹׁהַם shoham

Hebrew word for “onyx” · Strong’s H7718 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) a precious stone or gem; 1a) probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite

How it is translated

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

• onyx 11

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 28 (2), Exodus 35 (2), Exodus 39 (2), Genesis 2 (1), Exodus 25 (1), 1 Chronicles 29 (1), Job 28 (1), Ezekiel 28 (1)

Forms

• שׁהם 6
• השׁהם 3
• ושׁהם 1
• בשׁהם 1

Words used with it

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

• אֶבֶן even “stone” 8
• מִלֻּא millu “setting” 4
• יָשְׁפֶה yashepheh “jasper” 3
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 6
• תַּרְשִׁישׁ tarshish “jasper” 3
• חֹשֶׁן choshen “breastpiece” 3
• יָקָר yaqar “precious” 3
• אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 3
• מִלֻּאָה milluah “setting” 2
• מִשְׁבְּצוֹת mishbetsah “filigree” 2
• סַפִּיר sappir “sapphire” 2
• טוּר tur “row” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 2:12 — And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
• Exodus 25:7 — Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
• Exodus 28:9 — And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
• Exodus 28:20 — And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
• Exodus 35:9 — And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
• Exodus 35:27 — And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
• Exodus 39:6 — And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
• Exodus 39:13 — And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
• 1 Chronicles 29:2 — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for…
• Job 28:16 — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
• Ezekiel 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the…

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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.