שֵׁם

shem

Hebrew H8034 Noun, masculine 864 occurrences in 771 verses
שֵׁם name

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

  1. Ruth 4:10 שֵׁם־שֵׁם־

    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”

  2. Ruth 4:11 שֵׁ֖ם

    “We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

  3. Ruth 4:14 שְׁמ֖וֹ

    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.

  4. Ruth 4:17 שֵׁם֙שְׁמוֹ֙

    The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

  5. 1 Samuel 1:1 וּשְׁמ֡וֹ

    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

  6. 1 Samuel 1:2 שֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם

    He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

  7. 1 Samuel 1:20 שְׁמוֹ֙

    So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

  8. 1 Samuel 7:12 שְׁמָ֖הּ

    Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

  9. 1 Samuel 8:2 שֶׁם־וְשֵׁ֥ם

    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

  10. 1 Samuel 9:1 וּ֠שְׁמוֹ

    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

  11. 1 Samuel 9:2 וּשְׁמ֤וֹ

    And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

  12. 1 Samuel 12:22 שְׁמ֣וֹ

    Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

  13. 1 Samuel 14:4 וְשֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם

    Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

  14. 1 Samuel 14:49 וְשֵׁם֙שֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם

    Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

  15. 1 Samuel 14:50 וְשֵׁם֙וְשֵׁ֤ם

    His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

  16. 1 Samuel 17:4 שְׁמ֖וֹ

    Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

  17. 1 Samuel 17:12 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ

    Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.

  18. 1 Samuel 17:13 וְשֵׁ֣ם׀

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

  19. 1 Samuel 17:23 שְׁמ֤וֹ

    And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.

  20. 1 Samuel 17:45 בְּשֵׁם֙

    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

  21. 1 Samuel 18:30 שְׁמ֖וֹ

    Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

  22. 1 Samuel 20:42 בְּשֵׁ֤ם

    And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

  23. 1 Samuel 21:7 וּשְׁמ֖וֹ

    Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.

  24. 1 Samuel 22:20 וּשְׁמ֖וֹ

    But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.

  25. 1 Samuel 24:21 שְׁמִ֖י

    So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

  26. 1 Samuel 25:3 וְשֵׁ֤םוְשֵׁ֥ם

    His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

  27. 1 Samuel 25:5 בִשְׁמִ֖י

    So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

  28. 1 Samuel 25:9 בְּשֵׁ֣ם

    When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

  29. 1 Samuel 25:25 כִשְׁמוֹ֙שְׁמ֔וֹ

    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

  30. 2 Samuel 3:7 וּשְׁמָ֖הּ

    Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

  31. 2 Samuel 4:2 שֵׁם֩וְשֵׁ֧ם

    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

  32. 2 Samuel 4:4 וּשְׁמ֥וֹ

    And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.

  33. 2 Samuel 5:14 שְׁמ֛וֹת

    These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

  34. 2 Samuel 5:20 שֵֽׁם־

    So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

  35. 2 Samuel 6:2 שֵׁ֗םשֵׁ֣ם

    And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

  36. 2 Samuel 6:18 בְּשֵׁ֖ם

    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.

  37. 2 Samuel 7:9 שֵׁ֣םכְּשֵׁ֥ם

    I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.

  38. 2 Samuel 7:13 לִשְׁמִ֑י

    He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

  39. 2 Samuel 7:23 שֵׁ֗ם

    And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.

  40. 2 Samuel 7:26 שִׁמְךָ֤

    so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.

  41. 2 Samuel 8:13 שֵׁ֔ם

    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  42. 2 Samuel 9:2 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ

    And there was a servant of Saul’s family named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.

  43. 2 Samuel 9:12 וּשְׁמ֣וֹ

    And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.

  44. 2 Samuel 12:24 שְׁמוֹ֙

    Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child

  45. 2 Samuel 12:25 שְׁמ֖וֹ

    and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

  46. 2 Samuel 12:28 שְׁמִ֖י

    Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”

  47. 2 Samuel 13:1 וּשְׁמָ֣הּ

    After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.

  48. 2 Samuel 13:3 וּשְׁמוֹ֙

    Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  49. 2 Samuel 14:7 שֵׁ֥ם

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

  50. 2 Samuel 14:27 וּשְׁמָ֣הּ

    Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

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