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Strong's #8034: shem (pronounced shame)

a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064); an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character:--+ base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

ׁ

shêm

1) name

1a) name

1b) reputation, fame, glory

1c) the Name (as designation of God)

1d) memorial, monument

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: a primitive word [perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position]



Usage:

This word is used 865 times:

2 Samuel 12:28: "the city, and it be called after my name."
2 Samuel 13:1: "of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David"
2 Samuel 13:3: "But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother:"
2 Samuel 14:7: "and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth."
2 Samuel 14:27: "sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman"
2 Samuel 16:5: "a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son"
2 Samuel 17:25: "which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went"
2 Samuel 18:18: "I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after"
2 Samuel 18:18: "keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this"
2 Samuel 20:1: "happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite:"
2 Samuel 20:21: "Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king,"
2 Samuel 22:50: "I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name."
2 Samuel 23:8: "These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat,"
2 Samuel 23:18: "three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three."
2 Samuel 23:22: "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men."
1 Kings 1:47: "saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name,"
1 Kings 1:47: "the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater"
1 Kings 3:2: "there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days."
1 Kings 4:8: "And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:"
1 Kings 4:31: "and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all"
1 Kings 5:3: "not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God for"
1 Kings 5:5: "I purpose to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD"
1 Kings 5:5: "he shall build a house unto my name."
1 Kings 7:21: "pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left"
1 Kings 7:21: "pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz."
1 Kings 8:16: "out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein;"
1 Kings 8:17: "my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."
1 Kings 8:18: "in thine heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was"
1 Kings 8:19: "out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name."
1 Kings 8:20: "promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel."
1 Kings 8:29: "the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto"
1 Kings 8:33: "to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this"
1 Kings 8:35: "place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when"
1 Kings 8:41: "of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;"
1 Kings 8:42: "they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;)"
1 Kings 8:43: "of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know"
1 Kings 8:43: "I have built, is called by thy name."
1 Kings 8:44: "thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:"
1 Kings 8:48: "thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:"
1 Kings 9:3: "which thou hast built, to put my name there forever; and mine eyes"
1 Kings 9:7: "which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of"
1 Kings 10:1: "of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions."
1 Kings 11:26: "Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up"
1 Kings 11:36: "the city which I have chosen me to put my name there."
1 Kings 13:2: "unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests"
1 Kings 14:21: "out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's"
1 Kings 14:21: "to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess."
1 Kings 14:31: "in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son"
1 Kings 15:2: "reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."
1 Kings 15:10: "reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."









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