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שֵׁםStrong’s H8034

shem

Appears in 771 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shem is the Hebrew word usually translated “name his”, “name of” and “name your”. It appears in 771 verses of the Old Testament.

“Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.”
Daniel 1:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. Namereputation, fame, glory · the Name (as designation of God) · memorial, monument
How it's translated
  • name his 131
  • name of 117
  • and name of 90
  • name your 84
  • name my 55
  • in name of 40
  • names of 32
  • a name 31

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 104
  • Genesis 95
  • Jeremiah 53
  • 1 Chronicles 50
  • Isaiah 49
  • Numbers 46

35 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 771 verses, by book
Ecclesiastes 3
6:46:107:1
Song of Solomon 1
1:3
Lamentations 1
3:55
Joel 2
2:262:32
Micah 3
4:55:46:9
Nahum 1
1:14
Hebrew dictionary

שֵׁם shem · name

1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument Aramaic equivalent: shum (שֻׁם "name" H8036)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “name” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

NAME, noun

  1. That by which a thing is called; the sound or combination of sounds used to express an idea, or any material substance, quality or act; an appellation attached to a thing by customary use, by which it may be vocally distinguished from other things.
  2. The letters or characters written or engraved, expressing the sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
  3. A person.
  4. Reputation; character; that which is commonly said of a person; as a good name; a bad name
All definitions and other forms of “name”
  1. Renown; fame; honor; celebrity; eminence; praise; distinction.
  2. Remembrance; memory.“The Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven” Deuteronomy 29:20
  3. Appearance only; sound only; not reality; as a friend in name Revelation 3:1
  4. Authority; behalf; part; as in the name of the people.
  5. Assumed character of another.
  6. In Scripture, the name of God signifies his titles, his attributes, his will or purpose,, his honor and glory, his word, his grace, his wisdom, power and goodness, his worship or service, or God himself.
  7. Issue; posterity that preserves the name Deuteronomy 25:6
  8. In grammar, a noun.

NAME, verb transitive

to call, to name to invoke.

  1. To set or give to any person or thing a sound or combination of sounds by which it may be known and distinguished; to call; to give an appellation to.“She named the child Ichabod” 1 Samuel 4:21
  2. To mention by name; to utter or pronounce the sound or sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
  3. To nominate; to designate for any purpose by name
  4. To entitle.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.