shoham · onyx

What it means

shoham (שֹׁהַם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “onyx”.

A precious stone, usually translated "onyx", but which one it was is not known for certain.

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. A precious stone of the ephod; uncertain which.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×7
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Genesis 2:12

  And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.

• Exodus 25:7

  onyx stones and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

• Exodus 28:9

  You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

• Exodus 28:20

  and the fourth row, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper. They shall be set in gold in their mountings.

• Exodus 35:9

  and onyx stones, and stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece.

• Exodus 35:27

  And the chiefs brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece,

• Exodus 39:6

  And they made the onyx stones, set in settings of gold, engraved with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.

• Exodus 39:13

  and the fourth row, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper; set in settings of gold in their mountings.

• 1 Chronicles 29:2

  With all my strength I have prepared for the house of my Elohim the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood; onyx stones and stones for setting, stones of antimony and of colors, and every precious stone, and marble stones in abundance.

• Job 28:16

  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphire.

• Ezekiel 28:13

  In Eden, the garden of Elohim, you were; every precious stone was your covering: ruby, topaz, and diamond, chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, and gold; the work of your tambourines and of your settings was in you; on the day you were created they were prepared.