Lexicon :: Strong's H8034 - šēm

The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah,[fn] where there is gold.

The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush.

The LORD God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

The man named his wife Eve[fn] because she was the mother of all the living.

Cain was intimate with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain became the builder of a city, and he named the city Enoch after his son.

Lamech took two wives for himself, one named Adah and the other named Zillah.

His brother was named Jubal; he was the first[fn] of all who play the lyre and the flute.

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given[fn] me another offspring[fn] in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

he created them male and female. When they were created, he blessed them and called them mankind.[fn]

And he named him Noah,[fn] saying, “This one will bring us relief from the agonizing labor of our hands, caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.”

The Nephilim[fn] were on the earth both in those days and afterward, when the sons of God came to the daughters of mankind, who bore children to them. They were the powerful men of old, the famous men.

Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg,[fn] for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky. Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.”

Therefore it is called Babylon,[fn][fn] for there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the LORD scattered them throughout the earth.

Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

I will make you into a great nation,

I will bless you,

I will make your name great,

and you will be a blessing.

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the LORD there, and he called on the name of the LORD.

to the site where he had built the altar. And Abram called on the name of the LORD there.

Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar.

The angel of the LORD said to her, “You have conceived and will have a son. You will name him Ishmael,[fn] for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

So she named the LORD who spoke to her: “You are El-roi,”[fn] for she said, “In this place, have I actually seen the one who sees me? ”[fn]

So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, and Abram named his son (whom Hagar bore) Ishmael.

“Your name will no longer be Abram;[fn] your name will be Abraham,[fn] for I will make you the father of many nations.

God said to Abraham, “As for your wife Sarai, do not call her Sarai, for Sarah[fn] will be her name.

But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.[fn] I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

“Hurry up! Run to it, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.[fn]

The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab.[fn] He is the father of the Moabites of today.

Abraham named his son who was born to him ​— ​the one Sarah bore to him ​— ​Isaac.

Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.

And Abraham named that place The LORD Will Provide,[fn] so today it is said, “It will be provided[fn] on the LORD’s mountain.”

His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the spring.

Abraham had taken[fn] another wife, whose name was Keturah,

These are the names of Ishmael’s sons; their names according to the family records are Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their settlements and encampments: twelve leaders[fn] of their clans.[fn]

The first one came out red-looking,[fn] covered with hair[fn] like a fur coat, and they named him Esau.

He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom.[fn]

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours! ” So he named the well Esek[fn] because they argued with him.

So he built an altar there, called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. Isaac’s servants also dug a well there.

He called it Sheba.[fn] Therefore the name of the city is still Beer-sheba[fn] today.

So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?[fn] For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ”