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Strong's H8034 שֵׁם (shem)

Shem means “name” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8034
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 771
Books 35

Strong's H8034 Quick Answer

Strong's H8034 שֵׁ֥ם is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shem (shame) n-m. 1. an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality 2. (by implication) honor, authority, character It has 771 linked Bible usages across 35 books. Visible English usage signals include name, are, names, and memorial. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shem (shame) n-m. 1. an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality 2. (by implication) honor, authority, character
Usage
771 linked usages
Books
35 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
name, are, names, and memorial

Meaning and Definition

shem (shame) n-m. 1. an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality 2. (by implication) honor, authority, character [a primitive word (perhaps rather from H7760 through the idea of definite an

Original Word
שֵׁ֥ם

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8034. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

name

Usage: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument Aramaic equivalent: shum (שֻׁם "name" H8036)

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How Strong's H8034 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H8034, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

name Genesis 2:11 81× are Genesis 25:13 names Genesis 2:20 memorial Exodus 3:15

How Strong's H8034 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 771 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8034 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8034 in the Old Testament

771 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:11 KJV

The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 2:13 KJV

And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

Genesis 2:14 KJV

And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8034.

Genesis 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Genesis 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Genesis 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
Genesis 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:21 Old Testament, KJV
And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 4:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26 Old Testament, KJV
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 5:2 Old Testament, KJV
Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:29 Old Testament, KJV
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Genesis 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Genesis 10:25 Old Testament, KJV
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:4 Old Testament, KJV
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 16:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Genesis 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Genesis 17:19 Old Testament, KJV
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Genesis 19:38 Old Testament, KJV
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Genesis 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Genesis 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Genesis 24:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Genesis 25:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Genesis 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Genesis 25:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Genesis 25:26 Old Testament, KJV
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Genesis 25:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Genesis 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 26:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
Genesis 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Genesis 26:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
Genesis 26:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
Genesis 27:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
Genesis 28:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis 29:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Genesis 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 29:33 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
Genesis 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 29:35 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Genesis 30:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Genesis 30:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Genesis 30:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Genesis 30:21 Old Testament, KJV
And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
Genesis 31:48 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
Genesis 32:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Genesis 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Genesis 32:30 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 33:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Genesis 35:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis 35:10 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
Genesis 35:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
Genesis 35:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 36:10 Old Testament, KJV
These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Genesis 36:35 Old Testament, KJV
And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
Genesis 36:39 Old Testament, KJV
And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
Genesis 36:40 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
Genesis 38:1 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 38:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Genesis 38:3 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
Genesis 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
Genesis 38:5 Old Testament, KJV
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Genesis 38:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Genesis 38:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
Genesis 38:30 Old Testament, KJV
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Genesis 41:45 Old Testament, KJV
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:51 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Genesis 41:52 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 46:8 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Genesis 48:6 Old Testament, KJV
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
Genesis 48:16 Old Testament, KJV
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Genesis 50:11 Old Testament, KJV
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Exodus 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Exodus 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Exodus 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus 2:22 Old Testament, KJV
And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Exodus 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Exodus 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all.
Exodus 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Exodus 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
Exodus 15:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
Exodus 16:31 Old Testament, KJV
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 17:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
Exodus 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:
Exodus 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
Exodus 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Exodus 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Exodus 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Exodus 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Exodus 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
Exodus 28:10 Old Testament, KJV
Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus 28:11 Old Testament, KJV
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
Exodus 28:12 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8034, grouped by book.

Genesis 95 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 36 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 8 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 46 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 33 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 11 usages, Old Testament
Judges 16 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 25 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 30 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 39 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 23 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 50 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 42 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Esther 7 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 104 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 49 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 53 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 26 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 6 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Old Testament
Amos 7 usages, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 5 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 7 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 7 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H8034 FAQ

What does shem (שֵׁם) mean?

Shem (Strong's H8034) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "name". shem (shame) n-m. 1. an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality 2. (by implication) honor, authority, character

How many times is shem (שֵׁם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 771 linked usages for Strong's H8034 across 35 books.

Where can I study shem (שֵׁם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8034 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shem (שֵׁם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as name, are, names, and memorial. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.