Name
שֻׁםStrong’s H8036shum
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shum is the Aramaic word usually translated “name his”, “name of” and “names of”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:”
Meaning
- Name
How it's translated
- name his 7
- in name of 1
- names of 1
- names their 1
- name of 1
- like name of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 5
- Daniel 5
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:26In contextThe king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
- Daniel 4:8In contextBut at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
- Daniel 4:19In contextThen Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
- Daniel 5:12In contextForasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
- Ezra 5:1Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
- Ezra 5:4Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Aramaic dictionary
שֻׁם shum · name
name Aramaic of shem (שֵׁם "name" H8034)
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
- 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.
- The letters or characters written or engraved, expressing the sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
- A person.
- Reputation; character; that which is commonly said of a person; as a good name; a bad name
All definitions and other forms of “name”
- Renown; fame; honor; celebrity; eminence; praise; distinction.
- Remembrance; memory.“The Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven” Deuteronomy 29:20
- Appearance only; sound only; not reality; as a friend in name Revelation 3:1
- Authority; behalf; part; as in the name of the people.
- Assumed character of another.
- 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.
- Issue; posterity that preserves the name Deuteronomy 25:6
- In grammar, a noun.
NAME, verb transitive
to call, to name to invoke.
- 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
- To mention by name; to utter or pronounce the sound or sounds by which a person or thing is known and distinguished.
- To nominate; to designate for any purpose by name
- 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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.