שָׁם (sham) means “there” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shawm Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁם · sham · there
1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time) Aramaic equivalent: tam.mah (תַּמָּה "there" H8536)
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שָׁם · sham · (Jerusalem) Is There
Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389) This name means there, thither
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a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר)); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
KJV glosses: in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| there | 304 |
| from there | 42 |
| and there | 38 |
| where | 31 |
| are there | 7 |
| was there | 7 |
| in it | 6 |
| into it | 6 |
| there is | 6 |
| were there | 6 |
| here | 5 |
| is there | 5 |
| and from there | 4 |
| from | 4 |
| and | 3 |
| it there | 3 |
| the jordan | 3 |
| to reside there | 3 |
| any of it | 2 |
| back | 2 |
| even from there | 2 |
| in zion | 2 |
| it | 2 |
| it was there | 2 |
| on the spot | 2 |
| out | 2 |
| then | 2 |
| there they are | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| who lived there | 2 |
| an area | 1 |
| and from that place | 1 |
| and relieve yourself | 1 |
| are | 1 |
| are found there | 1 |
| are staying | 1 |
| aside there | 1 |
| at pas-dammim | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| back there | 1 |
| be there | 1 |
| but if from there | 1 |
| from samaria | 1 |
| from that place | 1 |
| from the north | 1 |
| from them | 1 |
| from what you have | 1 |
| gath | 1 |
| had been there | 1 |
| him | 1 |
| in moab | 1 |
| in such places | 1 |
| in the name of | 1 |
| into exile | 1 |
| into the pits | 1 |
| its | 1 |
| lies | 1 |
| lived | 1 |
| near it | 1 |
| nearby | 1 |
| of there | 1 |
| off | 1 |
| on | 1 |
| onto it | 1 |
| right there | 1 |
| that place | 1 |
| the bodies there | 1 |
| the land | 1 |
| the land that | 1 |
| the location of | 1 |
| the philistines | 1 |
| them | 1 |
| there quickly | 1 |
| there that night | 1 |
| there will | 1 |
| throughout | 1 |
| to be there | 1 |
| to dwell | 1 |
| to it | 1 |
| to leave | 1 |
| to live there | 1 |
| to one of these cities | 1 |
| to that place | 1 |
| to them | 1 |
| to these cities | 1 |
| to which | 1 |
| upon it | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| was located | 1 |
| where there was | 1 |
| which contains | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| whither | 2 |
| and in it | 1 |
| and there | 1 |
| from thence | 1 |
| in thither | 1 |
| me thereof | 1 |
| there | 1 |
| therein | 1 |
| thereout | 1 |
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Meanwhile, Boaz went to the gate and sat down there. Soon the kinsman-redeemer of whom he had spoken came along, and Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
Read word by wordYear after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
Read word by wordbut Hannah did not go. “After the boy is weaned,” she said to her husband, “I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently.”
Read word by wordI now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
Read word by wordand plunge it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or cooking pot. And the priest would claim for himself whatever the meat fork brought up. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh.
Read word by wordBefore the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
Read word by wordSo the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
Read word by wordThen the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
Read word by wordThe cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Read word by wordWhen they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Read word by wordThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
Read word by word“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Read word by word“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.
Read word by wordThen you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
Read word by wordAfter that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
Read word by wordWhen Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.
Read word by wordThen a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Read word by wordSo they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
Read word by wordSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
Read word by wordSo the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”
Read word by wordThen he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
Read word by wordThen David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
Read word by wordI will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”
Read word by wordSo Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
Read word by wordIf your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
Read word by wordWhen you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
Read word by wordSo the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.7
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.8
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
Read word by wordFrom there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
Read word by wordThen David said to Abiathar, “I knew that Doeg the Edomite was there that day, and that he was sure to tell Saul. I myself am responsible for the lives of everyone in your father’s house.
Read word by wordPlease go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
Read word by wordObserve and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”
Read word by wordAnd David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.1
Soon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.4
Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.
Read word by wordThen David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
Read word by wordBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
Read word by wordand to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
Read word by wordall their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
Read word by wordO mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
Read word by wordSo David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
Read word by wordThen the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
Read word by wordThe three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,
Read word by wordBut Asahel refused to turn away. So Abner thrust the butt of his spear into his stomach, and it came out his back, and he fell dead on the spot. And every man paused when he came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died.
Read word by wordWhen Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
Read word by wordbecause the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
Read word by wordSo David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
Read word by wordThere the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
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