Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
name
Usage: name Aramaic of shem (שֵׁם "name" H8034)
Shum means “name” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8036 שׁוּם (shum) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shum (shoom) n-m. 1. name [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8034] It has 10 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include name. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shum (shoom) n-m. 1. name [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8034] Root(s): H8034
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name
Usage: name Aramaic of shem (שֵׁם "name" H8034)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shum, 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.
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10 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8036.
Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8036, grouped by book.
Shum (Strong's H8036) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "name". shum (shoom) n-m. 1. name [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8034]
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's H8036 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8036 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as name. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.