שֵׁם
shem
1. name
a. name
b. reputation, fame, glory
c. the Name (as designation of God)
d. memorial, monument
Aramaic equivalent: shum (שֻׁם "name" H8036)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 771 verses
- Genesis 28:19 שֵֽׁם־שֵׁם־
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
- Genesis 29:16 שֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
- Genesis 29:32 שְׁמ֖וֹ
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
- Genesis 29:33 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
- Genesis 29:34 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- Genesis 29:35 שְׁמ֖וֹ
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
- Genesis 30:6 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
- Genesis 30:8 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
- Genesis 30:11 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
- Genesis 30:13 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- Genesis 30:18 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
- Genesis 30:20 שְׁמ֖וֹ
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
- Genesis 30:21 שְׁמָ֖הּ
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
- Genesis 30:24 שְׁמ֛וֹ
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
- Genesis 31:48 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
- Genesis 32:2 שֵֽׁם־
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
- Genesis 32:27 שְּׁמֶ֑ךָ
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
- Genesis 32:28 שִׁמְךָ֔
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
- Genesis 32:29 שְׁמֶ֔ךָלִשְׁמִ֑י
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
- Genesis 32:30 שֵׁ֥ם
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- Genesis 33:17 שֵׁם־
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
- Genesis 35:8 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
- Genesis 35:10 שִׁמְךָ֣שִׁמְךָ֙שְׁמֶ֔ךָשְׁמ֖וֹ
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Genesis 35:15 שֵׁ֣ם
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
- Genesis 35:18 שְׁמ֖וֹ
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
- Genesis 36:10 שְׁמ֣וֹת
These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Genesis 36:32 וְשֵׁ֥ם
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
- Genesis 36:35 וְשֵׁ֥ם
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
- Genesis 36:39 וְשֵׁ֥םוְשֵׁ֨ם
When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 36:40 שְׁמ֞וֹתבִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם
These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
- Genesis 38:1 וּשְׁמ֥וֹ
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
- Genesis 38:2 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
- Genesis 38:3 שְׁמ֖וֹ
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
- Genesis 38:4 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
- Genesis 38:5 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
- Genesis 38:6 וּשְׁמָ֖הּ
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
- Genesis 38:29 שְׁמ֖וֹ
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
- Genesis 38:30 שְׁמ֖וֹ
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
- Genesis 41:45 שֵׁם־
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:51 שֵׁ֥ם
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- Genesis 41:52 שֵׁ֥ם
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
- Genesis 46:8 שְׁמ֧וֹת
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
- Genesis 48:6 שֵׁ֧ם
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
- Genesis 48:16 שְׁמִ֔יוְשֵׁ֥ם
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm— may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
- Genesis 50:11 שְׁמָהּ֙
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
- Exodus 1:1 שְׁמוֹת֙
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
- Exodus 1:15 שֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
- Exodus 2:10 שְׁמוֹ֙
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
- Exodus 2:22 שְׁמ֖וֹ
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
- Exodus 3:13 שְּׁמ֔וֹ
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”