שֵׁם shem

Hebrew word for “name” · Strong’s H8034 · used 864 times in 771 verses

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Meaning

1) name; 1a) name; 1b) reputation, fame, glory;

How it is translated

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

• name 767
• names 85
• own name 5
• like name 2
• like the name 2
• like the names 1
• more than name 1
• will be name 1

Where it is used

Also in 23 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 1 (16), 1 Kings 8 (13), 2 Chronicles 6 (13), Genesis 30 (8), Genesis 38 (8), Genesis 25 (6), Genesis 26 (6), Exodus 28 (6), Numbers 3 (6), 1 Chronicles 16 (6)

Forms

• שׁם 148
• שׁמו 146
• ושׁם 90
• שׁמך 82
• בשׁם 68
• שׁמי 55
• שׁמות 43
• לשׁם 29
• ושׁמו 24
• בשׁמי 18

Words used with it

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

• קָרָא qara “to call” 196
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 53
• שָׁם sham “there” 62
• אָב av “father” 69
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 47
• בַּת bat “daughter” 50
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 49
• זֶה zeh “this” 61
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 50
• אֵם em “mother” 37
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 42
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 49

Key verses

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

• Genesis 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
• 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 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Psalms 72:17 — His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Isaiah 7:14 — Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Isaiah 43:1 — But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name;…
• Isaiah 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and…
• Zechariah 13:9 — And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name,…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…
• Malachi 4:2 — But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

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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.