שֵׁם

shemShem
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man17 occurrences2 books16 verses
This is the name of Shem: Noah's son, ancestor of Semitic peoples.

Definition

the same as H8034; name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
Traditional renderings: Sem, Shem.

Glossary entries

Shem Sem

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

17 total
  1. Genesis 5:32שֵׁ֖ם · Shem
    After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  2. Genesis 6:10שֵׁ֖ם · Shem
    And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  3. Genesis 7:13וְשֵׁם־ · Shem
    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—
  4. Genesis 9:18שֵׁ֖ם · Shem
    The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
  5. Genesis 9:23שֵׁ֨ם · Then Shem
    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.
  6. Genesis 9:26שֵׁ֑ם · of Shem
    He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
  7. Genesis 9:27שֵׁ֑ם · of Shem
    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
  8. Genesis 10:1שֵׁ֖ם · Shem
    This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
  9. Genesis 10:21וּלְשֵׁ֥ם · to Shem
    And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
  10. Genesis 10:22שֵׁ֖ם · of Shem
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
  11. Genesis 10:31שֵׁ֔ם · of Shem
    These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
  12. Genesis 11:10 (2×)שֵׁ֔ם · of Shem; שֵׁ֚ם · when Shem
    This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
  13. Genesis 11:11שֵׁ֗ם · Shem
    And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
  14. 1 Chronicles 1:4שֵׁ֖ם · Shem
    The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  15. 1 Chronicles 1:17שֵׁ֔ם · of Shem
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
  16. 1 Chronicles 1:24שֵׁ֥ם׀ · [So from] Shem [came]
    So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,