שָׁם
sham
1. there, thither
a. there
b. thither (after verbs of motion)
c. from there, thence
d. then (as an adverb of time)
Aramaic equivalent: tam.mah (תַּמָּה "there" H8536)
Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
This name means there, thither
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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Concordance 732 verses
- Joshua 19:34 מִשָּׁ֖ם
Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
- Joshua 20:3 שָׁ֙מָּה֙
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
- Joshua 20:6 מִשָּֽׁם׃
He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
- Joshua 20:9 שָׁ֔מָּה
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
- Joshua 22:10 שָׁ֤ם
And when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
- Joshua 22:19 שָׁם֙
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
- Joshua 24:26 שָּׁ֔ם
Joshua recorded these things in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was near the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Judges 1:7 שָֽׁם׃פ
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
- Judges 1:11 מִשָּׁ֔ם
From there they marched against the inhabitants of Debir (formerly known as Kiriath-sepher).
- Judges 1:20 מִשָּׁ֔ם
Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
- Judges 2:5 שָׁ֖ם
So they called that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
- Judges 5:11 שָׁ֤ם
the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
- Judges 5:27 שָׁ֖ם
At her feet he collapsed, he fell, there he lay still; at her feet he collapsed, he fell; where he collapsed, there he fell dead.
- Judges 6:24 שָׁ֨ם
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 7:4 שָׁ֑ם
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
- Judges 8:8 מִשָּׁם֙
From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
- Judges 8:25 שָׁ֔מָּה
“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
- Judges 8:27 שָׁ֑ם
From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Judges 9:21 שָׁ֔ם
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
- Judges 9:51 שָׁ֜מָּה
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
- Judges 14:10 שָׁ֤ם
Then his father went to visit the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, as was customary for the bridegroom.
- Judges 16:1 שָׁם֙
One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
- Judges 16:27 וְשָׁ֕מָּה
Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
- Judges 17:7 שָֽׁם׃
And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.
- Judges 18:2 שָֽׁם׃
So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
- Judges 18:3 שָׁ֗ם
And while they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite; so they went over and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
- Judges 18:10 שָׁ֣ם
When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”
- Judges 18:11 מִשָּׁם֙
So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.
- Judges 18:13 מִשָּׁ֖ם
And from there they traveled to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.
- Judges 18:15 שָׁ֔מָּה
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
- Judges 18:17 שָׁ֔מָּה
And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
- Judges 19:2 שָׁ֕ם
But she was unfaithful to him and left him to return to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. After she had been there four months,
- Judges 19:4 שָֽׁם׃
His father-in-law, the girl’s father, persuaded him to stay, so he remained with him three days, eating, drinking, and lodging there.
- Judges 19:7 שָֽׁם׃
The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
- Judges 19:15 שָׁ֔ם
They stopped to go in and lodge in Gibeah. The Levite went in and sat down in the city square, but no one would take them into his home for the night.
- Judges 19:18 מִשָּׁ֣ם
The Levite replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote hill country of Ephraim, where I am from. I went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD; but no one has taken me into his home,
- Judges 19:26 שָּׁ֖ם
Early that morning, the woman went back to the house where her master was staying, collapsed at the doorway, and lay there until it was light.
- Judges 20:22 שָׁ֖ם
But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- Judges 20:26 שָׁם֙
Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
- Judges 20:27 וְשָׁ֗ם
And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- Judges 21:2 שָׁם֙
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
- Judges 21:4 שָׁ֖ם
The next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
- Judges 21:9 שָׁם֙
For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
- Judges 21:10 שָׁ֣ם
So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
- Judges 21:24 מִשָּׁ֤םמִשָּׁ֔ם
And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.
- Ruth 1:2 שָֽׁם׃
The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah, and they entered the land of Moab and settled there.
- Ruth 1:4 שָׁ֖ם
who took Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten years,
- Ruth 1:7 שָׁ֔מָּה
Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
- Ruth 1:17 וְשָׁ֖ם
Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- Ruth 3:4 שָׁ֔ם
When he lies down, note the place where he lies. Then go in and uncover his feet, and lie down, and he will explain to you what you should do.”