שָׁם sham

Hebrew word for “there” · Strong’s H8033 · used 834 times in 732 verses

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Meaning

1) there, thither; 1a) there;

Senses in the lexicon

• there (833)
• (Jerusalem) Is There (1)

How it is translated

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

• there 750
• there towards 82
• will be there 1
• where there 1

Where it is used

Also in 24 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 12 (8), Genesis 18 (7), Deuteronomy 4 (7), Deuteronomy 28 (7), Judges 18 (7), 1 Kings 8 (7), 2 Kings 23 (7), Genesis 26 (6), Judges 19 (6), 2 Kings 6 (6)

Forms

• שׁם 536
• שׁמה 134
• משׁם 108
• ושׁם 39
• ומשׁם 8
• ושׁמה 8
• שׁשׁם 1

Words used with it

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

• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 89
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 97
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 82
• שֵׁם shem “name” 62
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 61
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 57
• מוּת mut “to die” 52
• עַד ad “till” 60
• עִיר ir “city” 56
• יָרַד yarad “to go down” 42
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 55
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 54

Key verses

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

• Genesis 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
• Deuteronomy 4:29 — But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Deuteronomy 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the…
• Deuteronomy 12:5 — But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou…
• Deuteronomy 12:11 — Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt…
• Deuteronomy 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou…
• Deuteronomy 31:16 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the…
• Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Jeremiah 24:9 — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places…
• Jeremiah 32:37 — Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto…

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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.