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HebrewH8035Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֵׁם

shem

16Occurrences
H8035Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)

the same as H8034 (שֵׁם); name;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שֵׁם appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
13
1 Chronicles
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:4BSB

The sons of Noah:Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 10:1BSB

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

Genesis 10:31BSB

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

Genesis 5:32BSB

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:18BSB

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

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.