Strong's Hebrew · H8034
שֵׁם
shêm · shame
[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Definition
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Derivation
a primitive word (perhaps rather from 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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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).