Strong's Hebrew · H8034
H8034 shêm
שֵׁם
shame
name
shêm appears 863 times in Scripture, including Genesis 2:11 and Genesis 2:13. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
In the King James Version
base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Derivation
a primitive word [perhaps rather from H7760 (שׂוּם) through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064 (שָׁמַיִם)];
Appears 863 times in Scripture
“And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.”
“The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.”
“The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.”
“And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.”
“And Cain had relations with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch.”
“And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.”
“The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”
“So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.”
“The name of the first river is the Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
