שֵׁם

shem

Hebrew H8035 Personal name, masculine 17 occurrences in 16 verses

שֵׁם Shem

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.5.32;

son of: Noah (H5146);

brother of: Ham (H2526) and Japheth (H3315);

father of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758)

Also named: Sēm (Σήμ "Shem" G4590)

§ Shem = "name"

the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 16 verses

Genesis 5:32 שֵׁ֖ם

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10 שֵׁ֖ם

And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:13 וְשֵׁם־

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
Genesis 9:18 שֵׁ֖ם

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:23 שֵׁ֨ם

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 9:26 שֵׁ֑ם

He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
Genesis 9:27 שֵׁ֑ם

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Genesis 10:1 שֵׁ֖ם

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
Genesis 10:21 וּלְשֵׁ֥ם

And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
Genesis 10:22 שֵׁ֖ם

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:31 שֵׁ֔ם

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
Genesis 11:10 שֵׁ֔םשֵׁ֚ם

This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
Genesis 11:11 שֵׁ֗ם

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
1 Chronicles 1:4 שֵׁ֖ם

The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:17 שֵׁ֔ם

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles 1:24 שֵׁ֥ם׀

So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,