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Lexicon :: Strong's H8034 - šēm

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שֵׁם
Transliteration
šēm
Pronunciation
shame
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word [perhaps rather from שׂוּם (H7760) through the idea of definite and conspicuous position
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2405

Strong’s Definitions

שֵׁם shêm, shame; a primitive word [perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064]; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character:—+ base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 864x

The KJV translates Strong's H8034 in the following manner: name (832x), renown (7x), fame (4x), famous (3x), named (3x), named (with H7121) (2x), famous (with H7121) (1x), infamous (with H2931) (1x), report (1x), miscellaneous (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 864x
The KJV translates Strong's H8034 in the following manner: name (832x), renown (7x), fame (4x), famous (3x), named (3x), named (with H7121) (2x), famous (with H7121) (1x), infamous (with H2931) (1x), report (1x), miscellaneous (10x).
  1. name

    1. name

    2. reputation, fame, glory

    3. the Name (as designation of God)

    4. memorial, monument

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֵׁם shêm, shame; a primitive word [perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064]; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character:—+ base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
STRONGS H8034: Abbreviations
I. שֵׁם 864 noun masculine 2 Samuel 7:9 name (√ unknown; Thes שׁמה, compare BaZMG xli (1887), 635; LagBN 160 ושׁם, Arabic bdb102704 brand, mark, compare RSK 213, 303 ff.ii. 1. 104; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (especially הַשֵּׁם = יהוה); Phoenician שם Lzb377; Assyrian šumu; Sabean סם HomChr 124; Ethiopic bdb102705 Arabic bdb102706, bdb102707, bdb102708, bdb102709; Aramaic שֵׁם, שְׁמָא, also שׁוּם, שֻׁם (Köii. 1. 512), bdb102710, bdb102711, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene שם Lzb377); — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 6:4 +; construct שׁ׳ Genesis 12:8 +, rarely שֶׁםֿ 1 Samuel 8:2 +; suffix שְׁמִי Exodus 3:15 +, שִׁמְךָ Genesis 32:9 +, שְׁמֶ֑ךָ 1 Kings 18:31 +, etc.; plural שֵׁמוֺת (rarely שֵׁמֹת) Genesis 2:20 +; construct שְׁמוֺת Exodus 6:16 +, suffix שְׁמוֺתָם Numbers 13:4 +, שְׁמוֺתָן Ezekiel 23:4 (twice in verse); — name:
1. of river Genesis 2:11, 13, 14, beasts Genesis 2:19; Genesis 2:20, city Genesis 26:33 (all J) +; היּוֺם שׁ׳ Ezekiel 24:2, i.e. exact designation of it (+ הַזֶּה אֶתעֶֿצֶם הַיּ׳).
2.
a. usually of person: Genesis 4:17, 19 (twice in verse) (J) +; as significant 1 Samuel 25:25, compare Proverbs 21:24; especially in phrase וַיְהִי אִישׁ ֗֗֗ וּשְׁמוֺ אֶלְקָנָה 1 Samuel 1:1, compare 1 Samuel 9:1, 2, Jeremiah 37:13 + 28 times; less often as גָּלְיָת שְׁמוֺ 1 Samuel 17:4, compare Zechariah 6:12 + 5 times (compare in Assyrian KraeBAS i. 430); frequently with קָרָא (which see 6, and Niph. 2, Pu.; note here, עַל נִקְרָא שׁ׳ in token of ownership 2 Samuel 12:28 (see Dr), Isaiah 4:1); rarely, שִׂים אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ Judges 8:31, compare 2 Kings 17:34; Nehemiah 9:7; וַיָּ֫שֶׂם לָהֶם שׁ׳ Daniel 1:7; with יֵאָמֵר Genesis 32:29 (J); change of name is without verb, as Genesis 17:15 (P), or (usually) with יִהְיֶה Genesis 35:10 (P) Israel shall be thy name. compare Genesis 17:5; 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Chronicles 22:9, also וַיַסֵּב אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ יְהו׳ 2 Kings 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4, compare 2 Kings 24:17, and (suj. י׳) עוֺלָם אֶתֶּןלֿוֺ שׁ׳ Isaiah 56:5; מַהשְּֿׁמֶ֑ךָ Genesis 32:28, compare Exodus 3:13; Proverbs 30:4, מִית שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Judges 13:17; be explicitly mentioned is: וְכֻלָּם בְּשֵׁמוֺת Ezra 10:16, נִקְּבוּ בְשׁ׳ Numbers 1:17; 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 28:15; 31:10; Ezra 8:20, הַבָּאִים בְּשׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:38, וַיָבזֹם בְּשׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 4:41; of things, וּבְשֵׁמוֺת תִּקְדוּ Numbers 4:32 (P), + Numbers 4:27 (read בְּשֵׁמֹת Greek Version of the LXX Di Baen Gray); יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְּשֵׁם Exodus 33:12 (subject י׳), i.e. acknowledge thee, personally (as mine), compare Exodus 33:17 (both J); פ׳ בְּשׁ׳ as the representative of 1 Samuel 25:5, 9; 1 Kings 21:8; Jeremiah 29:25; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:8 (twice in verse); Esther 8:10 (compare also 3).
b. = reputation;
(1) וַאֲגַדְּלָה שְׁמֶ֫ךָ Genesis 12:2 (J), גָּדוֺל כְּשֵׁם הַגְּדֹלִים אֲשֶׁר וְעָשִׂתִי לִךָ שׁ׳ בָּאָרֶץ 2 Samuel 7:9; make oneself a name וְנַעֲשֶׂח לָנוּ שׁ׳ Genesis 11:4 (J), וַיַּעַשׂ לוֺ שׁ׳ 2 Samuel 8:13, of י׳ Jeremiah 32:20, hence Nehemiah 9:10; Daniel 9:15; Isaiah 63:12, 14, so with שׂוּם 2 Samuel 7:23 = 1 Chronicles 17:21; וַיֵּצֵא לָךְ שֵׁם בְּ׳ Ezekiel 16:14 (compare 1 Chronicles 14:17), 2 Chronicles 26:15 עַדלְֿמֵרָחוֺק, 2 Chronicles 26:8 וַיֵּלֶךְ שְׁמוֺ עַדלְֿ׳; 2 Samuel 23:18, 22; = fame, glory, Zephaniah 3:19, 20; Ezekiel 39:13. — Ezekiel 34:29 read perhaps שָׁלֹם Greek Version of the LXX Siegf Be Toy; Co שָׁלֵם; Krae conjecture שָׁמֵן; אַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם Genesis 6:4 (J), Numbers 16:2 (J), אַנְשֵׁי שֵׁמוֺת 1 Chronicles 5:24; 1 Chronicles 12:31 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:30); with negative בְּנֵי בְלִישֵֿׁ‰ Job 30:3;
(2) bad sense, וְהוֺצִא עָלָיהָ שֵׁם רָ֑ע Dan 22:14; compare Dan 22:19; Nehemiah 6:13; = byword Ezekiel 23:10; טְמֵאַת הַשּׁ׳ Ezekiel 22:5.
c. especially as giving a man kind of posthumous life, especially in his sons, אֵיןלִֿי בֵן בֵּעֲבוּר הַזְכֵּיר שְׁמִי 2 Samuel 18:18, לְהָקִים לְאָחִיו שֵׁם בְּ׳ Deuteronomy 25:7, compare Deuteronomy 25:6; Ruth 4:5, 10, without whom it is blotted out, etc., Deuteronomy 25:6, compare Numbers 27:4 (P), Ruth 4:10, so that to destroy one's name = extirpate family (and שֵׁם sometimes Is || צֶרַע) 1 Samuel 24:22 (Gi 1 Samuel 24:21), 2 Samuel 14:7 (|| שְׁאֵרִית), so of peoples Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 12:3; Isaiah 14:22 +; לאֹ יִוָּרַע מִשִּׁמְךָ עוֺד Nahum 1:14 (of Nineveh); כֵּן יַעֲמֹד זַרְעֲכֶם וְשִׁמְכֶם Isaiah 66:22; more abstract (|| זֵכֶר) Job 18:17; Proverbs 10:7.
3. name, as designation of God, specifically of י׳ (especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isa2,3, Psalms): — first (in Hexateuch) in phrase י׳ בְּשׁ׳ ק׳ Genesis 4:26 (J), call with, i.e. use the name י׳ in worship, so Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:4; Genesis 21:33; Genesis 26:35 + (see קרא 2c); hence, of place of worship, בְּכָלהַֿמָּקוֺם אֲשֶׁר אַוְּכִּיר מאתשְֿׁמִי שָׁם Exodus 20:24 (Gi Exodus 20:21); אֶתשְֿׁמוֺ שָׁם [לְשַׁכֵּן] לָשׂוּם Deuteronomy 12:5, 11 +; בָּנָה בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי 2 Samuel 7:13 + often; people come י׳ לְשׁ׳ Joshua 9:9 (RD), so לְמֵעַן שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:41 2 Chronicles 6:32; Isaiah 60:9; seek it Psalm 83:17; swear with י׳ בְּשׁ׳ 1 Samuel 20:42; Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20; Leviticus 19:12, compare (לַשָּׁוְא) Exodus 20:7 (twice in verse)=Deuteronomy 5:11 (twice in verse); י׳ תָּפַשׁ׳ Proverbs 30:9; נִקְרָא שְׁמִיעַלֿ, etc., in token of ownership (compare 2a), Jeremiah 7:10 +; = his reputation, fame, with עָשָׁה לוֺ, see 1b (1), compare Joshua 7:9; י׳ בְּשׁ׳, i.e. as his representative Exodus 5:23 (J), 1 Samuel 17:45; Deuteronomy 10:8; 2 Samuel 6:18; 2 Kings 2:24 + (see 2a near the end); especially as embodying the (revealed) character of י׳ : שְׁמוֺ י׳ Amos 5:8; Amos 9:6; Jeremiah 33:2, וֶה שְּׁמִי לְעֹלָם Exodus 3:15 (E; || זֵכֶר; fundamental passage), Exodus 6:3 (P); ) עְבָאוֺת שְׁמוֺ (א׳ י׳ Amos 4:13; Amos 5:27; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 46:18 + 10 times Jeremiah, Isa2, קַנָּא שְׁמוֺ י׳ Exodus 34:14 (J; compare Exodus 20:5; Nahum 1:2), קָדוֺשׁ שׁ׳ Isaiah 57:15, שׁ׳ [וֺ] קָדְשִׁי Amos 2:7; Ezekiel 39:7; Ezekiel 43:7; Psalm 103:1 + often; hence object of knowledge Isaiah 52:6; Jeremiah 48:17, יֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalm 9:11 (|| דֹּרְשֶׁיךָ), love Isaiah 56:5, אֹהֲבֵי שׁ׳ Psalm 5:12; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 119:132, fear Psalm 61:6, especially of praise, etc. (חִלֵּל, הִןכִּיר, הוֺדָה, בֵּרַח, etc.): לְשִׁמְךָ אֲוַמֵּר 2 Samuel 22:50 (|| אוֺדְךָ and so very often || י׳) = Psalm 18:50, compare 1 Chronicles 16:10; 1 Chronicles 29:13; Psalm 45:18; Isaiah 26:13; 1 Kings 8:33, 35 2 Chronicles 6:24, 26; Psalm 8:2; Psalm 8:10 +; כְּבוֺד שְׁמוֺ חָבוּלי׳ Psalm 29:2; Psalm 96:8, and many combinations; opposed to א׳ חִלֵּל אֶתשֿׁ׳ Leviticus 18:21 +, י׳ נקב שׁ׳ Leviticus 24:16, נִאֵץ שׁ׳ Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18, etc.; הַנִּכְבָּד וְהַנּוֺרָא הַשּׁ׳ Deuteronomy 28:58, compare Nehemiah 1:11; לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ, in appeals to י׳ to act according to his character Jeremiah 14:7, 21; Ezekiel 20:9, 14; Isaiah 48:9; Isaiah 66:5; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 31:4 +; י׳ שׁ׳ is powerful agent, בְּשִׁמְךָ הוֺשִׁיעֵנִי Psalm 54:3 (|| בִּגְבוּרָֽתְךָ), compare Psalm 124:8; of מַלְאַךָ י׳, י׳ says שְׁמִי בְּקִרְבּוֺ Exodus 23:21 (E); הַשֵּׁם Leviticus 24:11 is probably scribal substitution for word י׳ (already beginning to be thought ineffable, especially with וַיִקֹּב compare GeiUrschr.273 f. Di Dr-Wh Baen); on development of this usage, and Jewish use of הַשּׁ׳ as personified or hypostasis, see LevyNHWB under the word Jastrs. seeקָרוֺב שְׁמֶ֑ךָ Psalm 75:2 is striking, but doubtful, < Greek Version of the LXX Dy Che Gr Hup-Now קֹרְאֵי שׁ׳, Du קָרָנוּ בִשׁ׳ (= קָרָאנוּ).
4. of false gods, use forbidden Exodus 23:13 (E), Joshua 23:7 (RD), compare Hosea 2:19; Psalm 16:4;speak בְּשֵׁם אלהים אחרים Deuteronomy 18:20; א׳ קָרָא בְשׁ׳ 1 Kings 18:24, 25, 26; א׳ יֵלְכוּ בְשׁ׳ Micah 4:5.
5. = memorial, monument Isaiah 55:13 (|| אוֺת; so Che Du > = fame Di-Kit), יָד וָשֵׁם טוֺב מִבָּנִים וגו׳ Isaiah 56:5 (with word-play on שׁ׳ 1c).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8036.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:11; 2:13; 2:14; 2:19; 2:20; 2:20; 4:17; 4:19; 4:26; 6:4; 6:4; 11:4; 12:2; 12:8; 12:8; 13:4; 17:5; 17:15; 21:33; 26:33; 26:35; 32:9; 32:28; 32:29; 35:10

Exodus

3:13; 3:15; 3:15; 5:23; 6:3; 6:16; 20:5; 20:7; 20:21; 20:24; 23:13; 23:21; 33:12; 33:17; 34:14

Leviticus

18:21; 19:12; 24:11; 24:16

Numbers

1:17; 4:27; 4:32; 13:4; 16:2; 27:4

Deuteronomy

5:11; 6:13; 7:24; 9:14; 10:8; 10:20; 12:3; 12:5; 12:11; 18:20; 25:6; 25:6; 25:7; 28:58

Joshua

7:9; 9:9; 23:7

Judges

8:31; 13:17

Ruth

4:5; 4:10; 4:10

1 Samuel

1:1; 8:2; 9:1; 9:2; 17:4; 17:45; 20:42; 24:21; 24:22; 25:5; 25:9; 25:25

2 Samuel

6:18; 7:9; 7:9; 7:13; 7:23; 8:13; 12:28; 14:7; 18:18; 22:50; 23:18; 23:22

1 Kings

8:33; 8:35; 8:41; 18:24; 18:25; 18:26; 18:31; 18:31; 21:8

2 Kings

2:24; 17:34; 23:34; 24:17

1 Chronicles

4:38; 4:41; 5:24; 12:30; 12:31; 14:17; 16:10; 16:41; 17:21; 22:9; 29:13

2 Chronicles

6:24; 6:26; 6:32; 26:8; 26:15; 28:15; 31:10; 36:4

Ezra

8:20; 10:16

Nehemiah

1:11; 6:13; 9:7; 9:10

Esther

2:22; 3:12; 8:8; 8:10

Job

18:17; 30:3

Psalms

5:12; 8:2; 9:11; 16:4; 18:50; 25:11; 29:2; 31:4; 54:3; 61:6; 74:10; 74:18; 75:2; 83:17; 96:8; 103:1; 119:132; 124:8

Proverbs

10:7; 21:24; 30:4; 30:9

Isaiah

4:1; 14:22; 26:13; 48:9; 52:6; 55:13; 56:5; 56:5; 56:5; 57:15; 60:9; 63:12; 63:14; 66:5; 66:22

Jeremiah

7:10; 10:16; 14:7; 14:21; 29:25; 32:20; 33:2; 37:13; 46:18; 48:17

Ezekiel

16:14; 20:9; 20:14; 22:5; 23:4; 23:10; 24:2; 34:29; 39:7; 39:13; 43:7

Daniel

1:7; 9:15

Hosea

2:19

Amos

2:7; 4:13; 5:8; 5:27; 9:6

Micah

4:5

Nahum

1:2; 1:14

Zephaniah

3:19; 3:20

Zechariah

6:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8034 matches the Hebrew שֵׁם (šēm),
which occurs 33 times in 25 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:1 - There was a certain man of Ramatha'im-zo'phim of the hill country of E'phraim, whose name was Elka'nah the son of Jero'ham, son of Eli'hu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an E'phraimite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:2 - He had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Penin'nah. And Penin'nah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:20 - and in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked him of the LORD."
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:12 - Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jesha'nah, and called its name Ebene'zer; for he said, "Hitherto the LORD has helped us."
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his first-born son was Jo'el, and the name of his second, Abi'jah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abi'el, son of Zeror, son of Beco'rath, son of Aphi'ah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - and he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:22 - For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:4 - In the pass, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:49 - Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Mal'chishu'a; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:50 - and the name of Saul's wife was Ahin'o-am the daughter of Ahim'a-az. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle;
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And there came out from the camp of the Philistines a champion named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of an Eph'rathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - The three eldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eli'ab the first-born, and next to him Abin'adab, and the third Shammah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30 - Then the princes of the Philistines came out to battle, and as often as they came out David had more success than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly esteemed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants, for ever.'" And he rose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:7 - Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; his name was Do'eg the E'domite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - But one of the sons of Ahim'elech the son of Ahi'tub, named Abi'athar, escaped and fled after David.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:21 - Swear to me therefore by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house."
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab'igail. The woman was of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was churlish and ill-behaved; he was a Calebite.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - When David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David; and then they waited.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
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