shum · name

What it means

shum (שֻׁם) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “name”.

(Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shem".

How to say it

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.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The word by which a person, or God, is called.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• name ×8
• named ×2
• names ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×6
• Daniel×6

• Ezra 5:1

  And Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, the prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem, in the name of the Elah of Israel, who was over them.

• Ezra 5:4

  Then we told them thus: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”

• Ezra 5:10

  And we asked them also their names, to inform you, so that we might write the name of the men who are at their head.

• Ezra 5:14

  And also the utensils of the house of Elah, of gold and of silver, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out from the temple that was in Jerusalem and brought them to the temple of Babylon, Cyrus the king brought them out from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

• Ezra 6:12

  And may the Elah who has made his name dwell there overthrow every king and people who puts forth his hand to change it, to damage that house of Elah which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given an order; let it be done with diligence.”

• Daniel 2:20

  Daniel answered and said, “May the name of Elah be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting, for wisdom and power are his.

• Daniel 2:26

  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw and its interpretation?”

• Daniel 4:8

  And at last Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and the dream I told before him:

• Daniel 4:19

  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for about a moment, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream and its interpretation trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your adversaries!

• Daniel 5:12

  because an extraordinary spirit and knowledge and insight for interpreting dreams and declaring riddles and loosening knots were found in him, in Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will declare the interpretation.”

And 2 more times.