Shem - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Strong's H8035 שֵׁם (Shem) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Shem (shame) n/p. 1. name 2. Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity) It has 16 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include shem. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Shem (shame) n/p. 1. name 2. Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity) [the same as H8034] KJV: Sem, Shem. Root(s): H8034
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8035. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
Shem
Usage: A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.5.32; son of: Noah (H5146); brother of: Ham (H2526) and Japheth (H3315); father of: Asshur (H0804H), Elam (H5867C), Arpachshad (H0775), Lud (H3865) and Aram (H0758) Also named: Sēm (Σήμ "Shem" G4590) § Shem = "name" the eldest son of Noah and progenitor of the Semitic tribes
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Shem, 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.
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.
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.
16 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8035.
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8035, grouped by book.
Shem (Strong's H8035) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Shem". Shem (shame) n/p. 1. name 2. Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)
This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H8035 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8035 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shem. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.