שֵׁם
name
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Jeremiah 51 verses
- Jeremiah 20:3 שְׁמֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
- Jeremiah 20:9 בִּ/שְׁמ֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I can't [contain].
- Jeremiah 23:6 שְּׁמ֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
- Jeremiah 23:25 בִּ/שְׁמִ֛/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I have heard what the prophets have said, who prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
- Jeremiah 23:27 שְׁמִ֔/י שְׁמִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
- Jeremiah 25:29 שְׁמִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 26:9 בְ/שֵׁם prep + n c ms cs Why have you prophesied in the name of Yahweh, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? All the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 26:16 בְּ/שֵׁ֛ם prep + n c ms cs Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 26:20 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם prep + n c ms cs There was also a man who prophesied in the name of Yahweh, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath Jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
- Jeremiah 27:15 בִּ/שְׁמִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For I have not sent them, says Yahweh, but they prophesy falsely in my name; that I may drive you out, and that you may perish, you, and the prophets who prophesy to you.
- Jeremiah 29:9 בִּ/שְׁמִ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 29:21 בִּ/שְׁמִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
- Jeremiah 29:23 בִּ/שְׁמִ/י֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs because they have worked folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn't command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 29:25 בְ/שִׁמְ/כָ֜ה prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Thus speaks Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
- Jeremiah 31:35 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves of it roar; Yahweh of hosts is his name:
- Jeremiah 32:18 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Hosts is his name;
- Jeremiah 32:34 שְׁמִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But they set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
- Jeremiah 33:2 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it; Yahweh is his name:
- Jeremiah 33:9 לְ/שֵׁ֤ם prep + n c ms cs [This city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.
- Jeremiah 34:15 שְׁמִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
- Jeremiah 34:16 שְׁמִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs but you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.
- Jeremiah 37:13 וּ/שְׁמ/וֹ֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
- Jeremiah 44:16 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם prep + n c ms cs As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you.
- Jeremiah 44:26 בִּ/שְׁמִ֤/י שְׁמִ֜/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, all Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says Yahweh, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord Yahweh lives.
- Jeremiah 46:18 שְׁמ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms As I live, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
- Jeremiah 48:15 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 48:17 שְׁמ֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms All you who are round about him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!
- Jeremiah 50:34 שְׁמ֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Their Redeemer is strong; Yahweh of Hosts is his name: he will thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the earth, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:19 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 51:57 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Hosts.
- Jeremiah 52:1 וְ/שֵׁ֣ם conj + n c ms cs Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 21 verses
- Ezekiel 16:15 שְׁמֵ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs But you did trust in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by; his it was.
- Ezekiel 20:9 שְׁמִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:14 שְׁמִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezekiel 20:22 שְׁמִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Ezekiel 20:29 שְׁמָ/הּ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Then I said to them, What means the high place whereunto you go? So the name of it is called Bamah to this day.
- Ezekiel 20:39 שֵׁ֤ם n c ms cs As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go you, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name shall you no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.
- Ezekiel 20:44 שְׁמִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 23:4 וּ/שְׁמוֹתָ֗/ן וּ/שְׁמוֹתָ֕/ן conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fp conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fp The names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
- Ezekiel 24:2 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs Son of man, write you the name of the day, [even] of this same day: the king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day.
- Ezekiel 36:20 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs When they came to the nations, where they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Yahweh, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Ezekiel 36:21 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs But I had regard for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.
- Ezekiel 36:22 לְ/שֵׁם prep + n c ms cs Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I don't do [this] for your sake, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you went.
- Ezekiel 36:23 שְׁמִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 39:7 שֵׁ֨ם שֵׁם n c ms cs n c ms cs My holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I allow my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, the Holy One in Israel.
- Ezekiel 39:16 שֶׁם n c ms cs Hamonah shall also be the name of a city. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
- Ezekiel 39:25 לְ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name.
- Ezekiel 43:7 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs He said to me, Son of man, [this is] the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever. The house of Israel shall no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, and by the dead bodies of their kings [in] their high places;
- Ezekiel 43:8 שֵׁ֣ם n c ms cs in their setting of their threshold by my threshold, and their door-post beside my door-post, and there was [but] the wall between me and them; and they have defiled my holy name by their abominations which they have committed: therefore I have consumed them in my anger.
- Ezekiel 48:1 שְׁמ֣וֹת n c mp cs Now these are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar Enan at the border of Damascus, northward beside Hamath, (and they shall have their sides east [and] west), Dan, one [portion].
- Ezekiel 48:31 שְׁמוֹת֙ n c mp cs and the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel, three gates northward: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one.
- Ezekiel 48:35 וְ/שֵׁם conj + n c ms cs It shall be eighteen thousand [reeds] round about: and the name of the city from that day shall be, Yahweh is there.
Daniel 4 verses
- Daniel 9:6 בְּ/שִׁמְ/ךָ֔ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Daniel 9:18 שִׁמְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
- Daniel 9:19 שִׁמְ/ךָ֣ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, listen and do; don't defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.
- Daniel 10:1 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
Hosea 4 verses
- Hosea 1:4 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
- Hosea 1:6 שְׁמָ֖/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
- Hosea 1:9 שְׁמ֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
- Hosea 2:17 שְׁמ֥וֹת בִּ/שְׁמָֽ/ם n c mp cs prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, And they will no more be mentioned by their name.
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 2:26 שֵׁ֤ם n c ms cs You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, And will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And my people will never again be disappointed.
- Joel 2:32 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs It will happen that whoever will call on the name of Yahweh shall be saved; For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, As Yahweh has said, And among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
Amos 7 verses
- Amos 2:7 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And deny justice to the oppressed; And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
- Amos 4:13 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For, behold, he who forms the mountains, And creates the wind, And declares to man what is his thought; Who makes the morning darkness, And treads on the high places of the Earth: Yahweh, the God of hosts, is his name."
- Amos 5:8 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, And turns the shadow of death into the morning, And makes the day dark with night; Who calls for the waters of the sea, And pours them out on the surface of the earth, Yahweh is his name,
- Amos 5:27 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus," says Yahweh, whose name is the God of hosts.
- Amos 6:10 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs "When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.'
- Amos 9:6 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It is he who builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault on the earth; he who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth; Yahweh is his name.
- Amos 9:12 שְׁמִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.
Micah 3 verses
- Micah 4:5 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם בְּ/שֵׁם prep + n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; But we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.
- Micah 5:4 שֵׁ֖ם n c ms cs He shall stand, and shall shepherd in the strength of Yahweh, In the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God: And they will live, for then he will be great to the ends of the earth.
- Micah 6:9 שְׁמֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh's voice calls to the city, And wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, And he who appointed it.
Nahum 1 verse
Zephaniah 3 verses
- Zephaniah 1:4 שֵׁ֥ם n c ms cs I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
- Zephaniah 3:9 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם prep + n c ms cs For then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that they may all call on the name of Yahweh, to serve him shoulder to shoulder.
- Zephaniah 3:12 בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם prep + n c ms cs But I will leave in the midst of you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in the name of Yahweh.
Zechariah 7 verses
- Zechariah 5:4 בִּ/שְׁמִ֖/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will cause it to go out," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and it will enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name; and it will remain in the midst of his house, and will destroy it with its timber and its stones."
- Zechariah 6:12 שְׁמ/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and speak to him, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, "Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build the temple of Yahweh;
- Zechariah 10:12 וּ/בִ/שְׁמ֖/וֹ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms I will strengthen them in Yahweh; And they will walk up and down in his name," says Yahweh.
- Zechariah 13:2 שְׁמ֤וֹת n c mp cs It will come to pass in that day, says Yahweh of Hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they will no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the spirit of impurity to pass out of the land.
- Zechariah 13:3 בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם prep + n c ms cs It will happen that, when anyone still prophesies, then his father and his mother who bore him will tell him, 'You must die, because you speak lies in the name of Yahweh;' and his father and his mother who bore him will stab him when he prophesies.
- Zechariah 13:9 בִ/שְׁמִ֗/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will bring the third part into the fire, And will refine them as silver is refined, And will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, 'It is my people;' And they will say, 'Yahweh is my God.'"
- Zechariah 14:9 וּ/שְׁמ֥/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will be King over all the earth. In that day Yahweh will be one, and his name one.
Malachi 7 verses
- Malachi 1:6 שְׁמִ֔/י שְׁמֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms "A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, then where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is the respect due me? Says Yahweh of Hosts to you, priests, who despise my name. You say, 'How have we despised your name?'
- Malachi 1:11 שְׁמִ/י֙ לִ/שְׁמִ֖/י שְׁמִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations," says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Malachi 1:14 וּ/שְׁמִ֖/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
- Malachi 2:2 לִ/שְׁמִ֗/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of Hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
- Malachi 2:5 שְׁמִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him who he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
- Malachi 3:16 שְׁמֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- Malachi 4:2 שְׁמִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out, and leap like calves of the stall.
About this entry
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“name” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun שם (shêm). Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 770 verses — among the most common. First canonically at Genesis 2:11, it enters the text early. It shares a root with שום, שום and תשומת. See the sense tree, 770-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H8034 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 770
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 770 distinct verses.
- 35 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 35 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #51
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 51 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 770 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 770 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 307 verses · 40%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 245 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 218 verses · 28%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Name 598×, Names 47×, Is his name 20×
- American Standard Version†: Name 494×, 's name 46×, Names 39×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Name 510×, Names 37×, Named 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Name 422×, Name of 254×, Names 58×
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Renders H8034 across 858† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8034 across 858† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 133 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8034 across 769† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 54 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 94 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8034 across 894† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 39 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שם I
- 1. of river Gn 2:11, 13, 14, beasts v 19, 20, city 26:33 (all J) +; שׁ׳ היּוֹם †Ez 24:2, i.e. exact designation of it (+ אֶת־עֶצֶם הַיּ׳ הַזֶּה). e.g. Genesis 2:11
- 2.
- a. usually of pers.: Gn 4:17, 19(×2) (J) +; as signif. 1 S 25:25, cf. Pr 21:24; especially in phr. וַיְהִי אִישׁ … וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה 1 S 1:1, cf. 9:1, 2, Je 37:13 + 28 times; less often as גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֹ 1 S 17:4, cf. Zc 6:12 + 5 times (cf. in Assyrian KraeBAS i. 430); freq. c. קָרָא (q.v. 5 e, 6; Niph. 2, Pu.; note here, נִקְרָא שׁ׳ עַל in token of ownership 2 S 12:28 (v. Dr), Is 4:1); rarely, שִׂים אֶת־שְׁמוֹ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Ju 8:31, cf. 2 K 17:34; Ne 9:7; וַיָּ֫שֶׂם לָהֶם שׁ׳ Dn 1:7; c. יֵאָמֵר Gn 32:29 (J); change of name is without vb., as Gn 17:15 (P), or (usually) c. יִהְיֶה Gn 35:10 (P) Isr. shall be thy name, cf. 17:5; 1 K 18:31; 1 Ch 22:9, also וַיַּסֵּב אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יְהו׳ 2 K 23:34 = 2 Ch 36:4, cf. 2 K 24:17, and (subj. י׳) שׁ׳ עוֹלָם אֶתֶּן־לוֹ Is 56:5; מַה־שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ Gn 32:28, cf. Ex 3:13; Pr 30:4, מִי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Ju 13:17; be explicitly mentioned is: וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֹת Ezr 10:16, נִקְּבוּ בְשׁ׳ Nu 1:17; 1 Ch 16:41; 2 Ch 28:15; 31:19; Ezr 8:20, הַבָּאִים בְּשׁ׳ 1 Ch 4:38, וַיָּבֹאוּ הַכְּתוּבִים בְּשׁ׳ v 41; of things, וּבְשֵׁמוֹת תִּפְקְדוּ Nu 4:32 (P), + v 27 (read בְּשֵׁמֹת 𝔊 Di Baen Gray); יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם Ex 33:12 (subj. י׳), i.e. acknowledge thee, personally (as mine), cf. v 17 (both J); בְּשׁ׳ פ׳ as the representative of 1 S 25:5, 9 1 K 21:8 Je 29:25 Est 2:22; 3:12; 8:8(×2), 10 (cf. also 3). e.g. Genesis 4:17
- b. = reputation; (1) וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Gn 12:2 (J), וְעָשִׂתִי לְךָ שׁ׳ גָּדוֹל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ 2 S 7:9; †make oneself a name וְנַעֲשֶׂה לָנוּ שׁ׳ Gn 11:4 (J), וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ שׁ׳ 2 S 8:13, of י׳ Je 32:20, hence Ne 9:10 Dn 9:15, Is 63:12, 14, so c. שׂוּם 2 S 7:23 = 1 Ch 17:21; וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בְּ׳ Ez 16:14 (cf. 1 Ch 14:17), 2 Ch 26:15 עַד־לְמֵרָחוֹק, v 8 וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ עַד־לְ׳; 2 S 23:18, 22; = fame, glory, Zp 3:19, 20 Ez 39:13.—34:29 read perhaps שָׁלֹם 𝔊 Siegf Be Toy; Co שָׁלֵם; Krae conj. שָׁמֵן; אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם Gn 6:4 (J), Nu 16:2 (J), אַנְשֵׁי שַׁמוֹת 1 Ch 5:24; 12:31 (van d. H. v 30); c. neg. בְּנֵי בְלִי־שֵׁם Jb 30:8; (2) bad sense, וְהוֹצִא עָלֶיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע Dt 22:14, cf. v 19 Ne 6:13; = byword Ez 23:10; טְמֵאַת הַשּׁ׳ 22:5. e.g. Genesis 12:2
- c. especially as giving a man a kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons, אֵין־לִי בֵן בַּעֲבוּר הַזְכִּיר שְׁמִי 2 S 18:18, לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּ׳ Dt 25:7, cf. v 6 Ru 4:5, 10, without whom it is blotted out, etc., Dt 25:6, cf. Nu 27:4 (P), Ru 4:10, so that to destroy one’s name = extirpate family (and שֵׁם sometimes is ‖ זֶרַע) 1 S 24:22 (Gi v 21), 2 S 14:7 (‖ שְׁאֵרִית), so of peoples Dt 7:24; 9:14; 12:3 Is 14:22 +; לֹא יָזָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֹד Na 1:14 (of Nineveh); כֵּן יעֲמֹד זַרְעֲכֶם וְשִׁמְכֶם Is 66:22; more abstr. (‖ זֵכֶר) Jb 18:17 Pr 10:7. e.g. 2 Samuel 18:18
- 3. name, as designation of God, specif. of י׳ (especially Je Ez Is 2, 3 ψψ):—first (in Hex) in phr. ק׳ בְּשׁ׳ י׳ Gn 4:26 (J), call with, i.e. use the name י׳ in worship, so 12:8; 13:4; 21:33; 26:35 + (v. קרא 2 c); hence, of place of worship, בְּכָל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אַזְכִּיר אֶת־שְׁמִי שָׁם Ex 20:24 (Gi v 21); אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Dt 12:5, 11 +; בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי 2 S 7:13 + often; people come לְשׁ׳ י׳ Jos 9:9 (RD), so לְמַעַן שׁ׳ 1 K 8:41 = 2 Ch 6:32, Is 60:9; seek it ψ 83:17; swear with בְּשׁ׳ י׳ 1 S 20:42 Dt 6:13; 10:20 Lv 19:12, cf. (לַשָּׁוְא) Ex 20:7(×2) = Dt 5:11(×2); תָּפַשׂ שׁ׳ י׳ Pr 30:9; נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עַל־, etc., in token of ownership (cf. 2 a), Je 7:10 + (v. p. 896 a); = his reputation, fame, c. עָשָׂה לוֹ, v. 1 b (1), cf. Jos 7:9; בְּשׁ׳ י׳, i.e. as his representative Ex 5:23 (J), 1 S 17:45 Dt 10:8 2 S 6:18 2 K 2:24 + (v. 2 a ad fin.); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of י׳: י׳ שְׁמוֹ Am 5:8; 9:6 Je 33:2, זֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Ex 3:15 (E; ‖ זֵכֶר; fundamental passage), 6:3 (P); צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ (א׳) י׳ Am 4:13; 5:27 Je 10:16; 46:18 + 10 times Je Is 2, י׳ קַנָּא שְׁמוּ Ex 34:14 (J; cf. 20:5 Na 1:2), קָדוֹשׁ שׁ׳ Is 57:15, שׁ׳ קָדְשִׁי[וֹ] Am 2:7 Ez 39:7; 43:7 ψ 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge Is 52:6 Je 48:17, יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ψ 9:11 (‖ דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love Is 56:6, אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ ψ 5:12; 69:37; 119:132, fear 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (הִלֵּל, הִזְכִּיר, הוֹדָה, בֵּרַךְ, etc.): לְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּר 2 S 22:50 (‖ אוֹדְךָ, and so very often ‖ י׳) = ψ 18:50, cf. 1 Ch 16:10; 29:13 ψ 45:18 Is 26:13 1 K 8:33, 35 = 2 Ch 6:24, 26 ψ 8:2, 10 +; הָבוּ לי׳ כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ 29:2; 96:8, and many combinations; opp. חִלֵּל אֶת־שׁ׳ א׳ Lv 18:21 +, נקב שׁ׳ י׳ 24:16, נִאֵץ שׁ׳ ψ 74:10, 18, etc.; הַשּׁ׳ הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֹרָא Dt 28:58, cf. Ne 1:11, לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to י׳ to act according to his character Je 14:7, 21 Ez 20:9, 14 Is 48:9; 66:5 ψ 25:11; 31:4 +; שׁ׳ י׳ is powerful agent, בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי 54:3 (‖ בִּגְבוּרָתְךָ), cf. 124:8; of מַלְאַךְ י׳, י׳ says שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֹ Ex 23:21 (E); הַשֵּׁם Lv 24:11 is prob. scribal substitution for word י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially c. וַיִּקֹּב cf. GeiUrschr. 273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of הַשּׁ׳ as personif. or hypostasis, v. LevyNHWB s. v. Jastr s. v..—קָרוֹב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ ψ 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (= קָרָאנוּ). e.g. Genesis 4:26
- 4. of false gods, use forbidden Ex 23:13 (E), Jos 23:7 (RD), cf. Ho 2:19 ψ 16:4; speak בְּשֵׁם אלהים אחרים Dt 18:20; קָרָא בְשׁ׳ א׳ 1 K 18:24, 25, 26; יֵלְכוּ בְשׁ׳ א׳ Mi 4:5. e.g. Exodus 23:13
- 5. = memorial, monument Is 55:13 (‖ אוֹת; so Che Du > = fame Di-Kit), יָד וָשֵׁם טוֹב מִבָּנִים וגו׳ 56:5 (with word-play on שׁ׳ 2 c). e.g. Isaiah 55:13
שם II m. first son of Noah
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. 2 S 7:9 name (√ unknown; Thes שׁמה, cf. BaZMG xii (1887), 635; LagBN 160 ושּׁם, Arabic وَسَمَ brand, mark, cf. RSK 213, 303 ff. Köii. 1. 104; NH = BH (especially הַשֵּׁם = יהוה), Ph. שם Lzb 377; Assyrian šumu; Sab. סם HomChr 124; Ethiopic ስmም Arabic إِسْمٌ, أُسْمٌ, سِمٌ, سُمٌ, Aramaic שֵׁם, שְׁמָא, also שׁוּם, שֻׁם (Köii. 1. 512), ܫܶܡ, ܫܡܳܐ, Old Aramaic, Palm. שם Lzb 377);—abs. שׁ׳ Gn 6:4 +; cstr. שׁ׳ Gn 12:8 +, rarely שֶׁם־ 1 S 8:2 +; sf. שְׁמִי Ex 3:15 +, שִׁמְךָ Gn 32:9 +, שְׁמֶ֑ךָ 1 K 18:31 +, etc.; pl. שֵׁמוֹת (rarely שֵׁמֹת) Gn 2:20 +; cstr. שְׁמוֹת Ex 6:16 +, sf. שְׁמוֹתָם Nu 13:4 +, שְׁמוֹתָן Ez 23:4(×2);—name:
II. n.pr.m. first son of Noah;—Gn 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 10:1, 22, 31; 11:10(×2), 11 (all P), 9:18, 23, 26, 27; 10:21 (all J), 1 Ch 1:4, 17, 24; Σημ.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שום (sûwm) (H7760) — to put.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁם
- (b. h.) there, thither. Macc. II, 7 אינו יוצא מִשָּׁם לעולם he dare not go away from there (the city of refuge) all his life time; שם תהא דירתו שם וכ׳ there he must live, there he must die &c.; Tosef. ib. III (II), 5. Macc. 4ᵃ שנפל שם which fell thereinto. Ber. V, 4 אם אין שם כהן וכ׳ if no priest besides him is present; a. v. fr.—Cant. R. to VIII, 9 שָׁמָּה, v. רגָּז.—לְשָׁם thither. Ex. R. s. 18; a. fr.
שֵׁם I
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Shem, son of Noah. Meg. 9ᵇ (ref. to Gen. IX, 27) דבריו … באהלי שם let the speech of Japheth (Greek) dwell in the tents of Shem; v. יָפְיוּת. Gen. R. s. 63, v. עֵבֶר I. Snh. 69ᵇ. Ex. R. s. 18 the Lord said, חייב אני לשם אביהם וכ׳ I am indebted to their (the Assyrians’) father Shem, because he and Japheth took their cloaks and covered with it &c.; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 9:27
שֵׁם II
- v. שׁוּם a. mark, name, title, nature, denomination. Pes. III, 3 לא תקרא לה שם וכ׳ she must not name it (declare it to be Ḥallah) until it is baked. Ter. III, 5 האומר … קרא שם if one says, the priest’s portion of this pile is in it …, he has named it (designated it as T’rumah). Gen. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. V, 29) לא השם הוא המדרש … הוא השם וכ׳ the name (נח) and the interpretation (ינחמנו) do not correspond; it ought to be either &c. Ber. II, 8 ליטול … השם, v. נָטַל. Macc. I, 2 לא השם המביאו וכ׳ the title (the legal text) under which the false witness is doomed to lashes, is not the one under which he is bound to pay indemnity. Kinn. I, 3 משם אחד sacrificial birds of the same denomination (intended for the same class of cases), opp. משני שמות of different denominations. Sabb. XII, 3 משם אחד two letters of the alphabet of the same name (אא, בב &c.), opp. משתי שמות two different letters (אב &c.). Ib. שם קטן משם גדול וכ׳ a small name or word as a part (or abbreviation) of a larger one, as שם as a part of שמעון, of שמואל &c. Ib. 103ᵇ שתי אותיות והן שם אחד two identical letters which represent a word, (as שש, which may stand for שֵׁשׁ or שָׂשׂ) &c. Shebu. 3ᵇ, a. fr. לא מן השם הוא זה וכ׳ this comes not under this title (this is not the real reason), but it is because &c. Ker. III, 4 אינו מן השם the offence is not of the same class. Macc. 4ᵇ, a. fr. (על חבירו) מוציא שם רע who spreads an evil report about his neighbor (injures his reputation). Ber. 17ᵃ גדל בשם טוב וכ׳ who has grown up with a good name, and departed life with a good name; a. v. fr.—Esp. הַשֵּׁם or שֵׁם the Divine Name, the Tetragrammaton, contradist. to כינוי attribute; in gen. the Lord. Snh. VII, 5 המגדף … שיפרש השם the blasphemer is not punishable, unless he uses the Name explicitly. Ib. 8 המקלל … בַּשֵּׁם he that curses his father or his mother is not punishable, unless he curses them with the Name. Ib. 56ᵃ בידך את השם בכינוי (not בכינויים) if he curses God by using a divine attribute. Ib. עד שיברך שם בשם unless he curses God and pronounces the Name. Yoma III, 8; IV, 2; VI, 2 (בשם) אנא השם I pray, O Lord (pronouncing the Tetragrammaton). Ib. כשהיו שומעים שם המפורש שהוא יוצא וכ׳ when they heard the Tetragrammaton pronounced &c., v. פָּרַשׁ. Ib. IV, 1 אחד … לַשֵּׁם on one of the lots was written ‘unto the Lord’; של שם the lot bearing the inscription ‘unto the Lord’; a. v. fr.; v. שָׁמַיִם.—Especial uses: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁ־ the same as, as well as. Ber. IX, 5 חייב אדם … כשם שמברך וכ׳ a man is bound to bless God for what is evil as well as he blesses for what is good. Ib. 62ᵃ כשם שנפרעין וכ׳ as well as the dead are called to account &c., v. סַפְדָּן. Sot. V, 1 כשם שהמים … כך וכ׳ as the waters test her, so do they test him. Ib. כשם שאסורה וכ׳, v. בָּעַל; a. v. fr.—בְּשֵׁם, מִשֵּׁם in the name of, in behalf of. Meg. 15ᵃ כל האומר דכר בשם אומרו וכ׳ he who relates a thing in the name of him who said it (gives credit to authority), brings redemption into the world. Peah II, 4 מִשְּׁמוֹ in his own name (as his individual opinion). Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ הלכה … שאמר משם וכ׳ the rule follows the opinion of …, who said in behalf of &c.; a. v. fr.—לְשֵׁם for the purpose of, for the sake of, as; with reference to. Gitt. 24ᵇ כתב רחמנא לה לִשְׁמָהּ the text (Deut. XXIV, 3) says, ‘unto her’, that means, that it must be written especially for her. Yeb. 47ᵇ, v. שׁוּם II.—Snh. 99ᵇ העוסק בתורה לשמה who studies the Law for its own sake (for no selfish ends). Pes. 50ᵇ לעולם יעסוק … אע"פ שלא לשמה … בא לשמה by all means let a man engage in the study of the Law and in good deeds, even if not for their own sake, for through the work for a selfish purpose he will arrive at the stage of doing good for its own sake. Ib. 13ᵇ, a. e. שחטן לִשְׁמָן וכ׳ if he slaughtered them as such (as festive sacrifices) &c.; זרק דמן שלא לשמן if he sprinkled their blood, having in mind another purpose (another class of sacrifices). Gen. R. s. 25 לשם קרבנו נקרא he was named (נח) with reference to his sacrifice (ניחח, Gen. VIII, 21); לשם נחת וכ׳ he was named (נח) with reference to the rest of the ark (ותנח, Gen. VIII, 4); Yalk. ib. 42 על שם וכ׳; a. v. fr.—עַל שֵׁם (abbrev. ע"ש) with reference to, because. Y. Taan. II, beg. 65ᵃ על שם ואנכי וכ׳ as a reference to (what Abraham said,) ‘and I am but dust and ashes’ (Gen. XVIII, 27). Gen. R. s. 23, v. טְבַרְיָא; a. fr.; v. שׁוּם II.—Pl. שֵׁמוֹת, constr. שְׁמוֹת. Kinn. l. c. Gen. R. s. 26 כל הש׳ הללו וכ׳ all these names indicate rebellion &c., v. מַרְדּוּת I. B. Mets. 114ᵇ עובר בכל הש׳ הללו is guilty under all these titles (texts). Shebu. 35ᵃ יש ש׳ שנמחקין ויש ש׳ וכ׳ there are divine names which may be erased, and such as may not be erased. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵈ bot. שְׁ׳ המלאכים, v. מַלְאָךְ; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 5:29
שֵׁם
- Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXXI, 2. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 4. Targ. O. Gen. VI, 4; a. fr.—Sot. 49ᵃ יהא שְׁמֵיה רבא (abbrev. יה"ש"ר), v. אֲגַדְתָּא. Ab. I, 13, v. נְגַד. Yoma 83ᵇ, v. דּוּק. Ber. 7ᵇ, v. גְּרַם I. Sabb. 8ᵇ (in Hebr. dict.) שמיה הילוך comes under the category of ‘walking’; לא שמיה תשמיש does not come under the category of ‘use.’ Ḥull. 48ᵃ משמיה רר׳ וכ׳ in behalf of &c.; Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ bot. מן שמיה. Sabb. 145ᵇ שְׁמָאִי my name, v. מָתָא; a. v. fr.—Y. Orl. I, 61ᵃ bot. אית בני נש שְׁמוֹן בריכה וכ׳ there are persons whose name is B’rikah (meaning blessing), as one says, come thou, blessed of the Lord.—Pl. שְׁמָהָן, שְׁמָהָתָא; שְׁמַיָּיא, שְׁמֵי. Targ. Gen. II, 20. Ib. XXVI, 18. Targ. O. Num. I, 5 שְׁמָהַת constr.; Y. שְׁמָהָיַית; a. fr.—Gitt. 11ᵇ שמהתא … בשְׁמָהָתַיְיהוּ other names which Jews frequently adopt for their own, v. נְסַק. Meg. 14ᵇ סניין שְׁמַיְיהוּ, v. סְנֵי; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 236 distinct written forms H8034 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 176 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8034, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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- ישימאל Yᵉshîymâʼêl H3450 Jesimiel
- שם Shêm H8035 Shem
- שמאבר Shemʼêber H8038 Shemeber
- שמידע Shᵉmîydâʻ H8061 Shemida
- שמירמות Shᵉmîyrâmôwth H8070 Shemiramoth
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 712 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 770 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:11
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 18:21
- Numbers 1:2
- Deuteronomy 3:14
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 1:10
- Ruth 1:2
- 1 Samuel 1:1
- 2 Samuel 3:7
- 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Kings 2:24
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
