Strong's Hebrew · H8035

שֵׁם

Shêm · shame

Sem, Shem.

Definition

Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)

Derivation

the same as H8034 (שֵׁם); name;

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Genesis 6:10

And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32

After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:27

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

Genesis 9:18

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

Genesis 9:26

He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 10:21

And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 9:23

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 7:13

On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

Genesis 10:1

This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

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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).

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