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שֵׁם

shem · Shem

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8035 · appears 17 times in the Bible

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What it means

shem (שֵׁם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shem”.

One of the three sons of Noah; Abraham descends from him. The name also stands for his descendants.

How to say it

shem

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 5:32

    And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 6:10

    And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Genesis 7:13

    On that very day Noah went into the ark, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and the wife of Noah and the three wives of his sons with them,

  • Genesis 9:18

    And the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

  • Genesis 9:23

    And Shem and Japheth took the cloak and laid it on the shoulders of both of them, and they walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and the nakedness of their father they did not see.

  • Genesis 9:26

    And he said, “Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Shem; and let Canaan be their slave.

  • Genesis 9:27

    May Elohim make room for Japheth, and let him live in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be their slave.”

  • Genesis 10:1

    And these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

  • Genesis 10:21

    And to Shem also, to him, sons were born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth.

  • Genesis 10:22

    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

  • Genesis 10:31

    These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

  • Genesis 11:10

    These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

  • Genesis 11:11

    After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4

    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:17

    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:24

    Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

And 1 more times.