shem H8034

שֵׁם (shem) means “name” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֵׁם Hebrew · H8034 864 tagged occurrences in 771 verses

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Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8034

שֵׁם · shem · name

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare H8064 (שָׁמַיִם)); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

KJV glosses: [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

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How translators render H8034

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
name	87
your name	51
the name	50
my name	41
named	36
in the name	30
his name	29
the names	24
by name	20
him	20
was named	19
is his name	17
a name	13
are the names	13
for my name	13
on the name	12
for the name	11
in my name	11
whose name	11
to your name	8
for his name	7
of my name	7
by your name	6
for your name	6
were their names	6
and the name	5
by the name	5
in his name	5
is your name	5
it	5
of your name	5
their name	5
their names	5
by my name	4
in your name	4
known as	4
on your name	4
were the names	4
after	3
and your name	3
due his name	3
fame	3
famous	3
her	3
may his name	3
renown	3
so that my name	3
whose name is	3
you by name	3
a good name	2
and his fame	2
and his name	2
and my name	2
and the names	2
but in the name	2
but your name	2
eliakims name	2
he named	2
is my name	2
is the name	2
like that of	2
may the name	2
of his name	2
of renown	2
so that his name	2
so that your name	2
to his name	2
to the name	2
upon his name	2
upon the name	2
a byword	1
a name for himself	1
above	1
according to the names	1
after his own name	1
after me	1
allow it	1
and	1
and a name	1
and fame	1
and her name	1
and his family name	1
and his name was	1
and in his name	1
and in your name	1
and name	1
and through my name	1
are their names	1
as for their identities	1
at your name	1
because of the fame	1
but by my name	1
but the name	1
by my name saying	1
by one the names	1
by the name of	1
by their names	1
called	1
concerning the name	1
correspond to the names	1
descendant was named	1
extol the name	1
for my renown	1
had been named	1
her name	1
her name is to be	1
himself	1
i cause my name	1
i will make your name	1
identified by name	1
in your own name	1
is in the name	1
is its name	1
lives up to his name	1
make the name	1
mans name	1
may their name	1
name was	1
named him	1
nameless	1
names	1
names were	1
new names	1
of names	1
of the name	1
of their names	1
on his name	1
on my name	1
our name	1
renowned	1
should the name	1
so his fame	1
than your own name	1
that his name	1
the names of	1
the same names	1
the word	1
them	1
this name	1
though your name	1
through your name	1
to carry on your name	1
to honor the name	1
to make your name	1
to the honor	1
up the name	1
vvv	1
was its name	1
were named	1
which is its name	1
whose name was	1
whose names	1
will be named	1
will their names	1
you	1
you by your name	1
you in the name	1
your fame	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
name	89
his name	83
the name	75
thy name	44
and the name	40
whose name	35
my name	23
the names	23
in the name	22
by my name	14
and his name	13
by name	13
of the names	13
names	12
by thy name	11
for my name	9
their names	8
in my name	7
by the name	6
for thy names	6
in thy name	6
on the name	6
unto my name	6
upon the name	6
after the name	5
and the names	5
for my names	5
for the name	5
for thy name	5
now the name	5
of the name	5
that my name	5
unto the name	5
upon his name	5
her name	4
in his stead and the name	4
named	4
that his name	4
thee a name	4
their name	4
therefore the name	4
unto thy name	4
upon thy name	4
and had the name	3
by his name	3
by their names	3
in his name	3
of names	3
of renown	3
of thy name	3
to the name	3
whose names	3
a name	2
according to the names	2
according to their names	2
after his own name	2
after my name	2
after the names	2
after their name	2
and my name	2
be the name	2
but in the name	2
famous	2
for his name	2
of their names	2
of which the name	2
shall be thy name	2
that the name	2
the name of it	2
thee by name	2
therefore was his name	2
to thy name	2
unto his name	2
unto you in my name	2
with his name	2
with the names	2
a good name	1
above all thy name	1
according to thy name	1
after their own names	1
and a name	1
and also the name	1
and be famous	1
and by name	1
and fame	1
and for a name	1
and had a name	1
and he shall have no name	1
and her name	1
and his fame	1
and in name	1
and in the name	1
and it shall be to me a name	1
and it shall be to them a renown	1
and let my name	1
and let thy name	1
and she became famous	1
and that my name	1
and the fame	1
and thy name	1
and thy renown	1
and your name	1
any more in his name	1
because of the name	1
because of thy renown	1
behold the name	1
but by my name	1
but the name	1
but thy name	1
by their name	1
concerning the name	1
due unto his name	1
for a name	1
for as his name	1
for his names	1
for in the name	1
from off you wherefore the name	1
he me his name	1
him a name	1
him in my name	1
him the name	1
i pray thee thy name	1
i upon the name	1
i will make thy name	1
in that my name	1
infamous	1
it a name	1
it and the name	1
let their name	1
like the name	1
like unto the name	1
make the name	1
neither shall thy name	1
no more of thy name	1
not in the name	1
not on thy name	1
not unto us but unto thy name	1
of base men	1
of fame	1
of his name	1
of my name	1
of the same my name	1
of us in the name	1
on my name	1
on thee and in thy name	1
on them and the name	1
on them the names	1
on thy name	1
other names	1
our name	1
praise unto thy name	1
report	1
shall be with the names	1
shall my name	1
shall name	1
she his name	1
so that his name	1
than thy name	1
that thou whose name	1
that thy name	1
that which hath been is named	1
the name thereof	1
thee by thy name	1
thee renown	1
thee the name	1
them after his own name	1
them all by names	1
them for his names	1
them in the name	1
there on the name	1
there whose name	1
therefore for thy names	1
therefore is the name of it	1
therefore was the name	1
therein for thy name	1
thereof his name	1
thither therefore the name	1
thou thus after my name	1
through thy name	1
thy names	1
to cause his name	1
to him in the name	1
to his name	1
to keep my name	1
to make thy name	1
to me in the name	1
to thee in the name	1
to us in the name	1
unto him thy name	1
unto it to the name	1
unto us in the name	1
upon my name	1
upon thee therefore his name	1
us a name	1
was there whose name	1
wherefore the name	1
wherefore the name of it	1
whom he named	1
why should the name	1
with him and in my name	1
with them unto the name	1
with you for my names	1
withal and his name	1
ye on the name	1
ye the name	1
you a name	1
you in the name	1
your name	1

Verses containing H8034

Page 2 of 16. 771 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 28:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
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Genesis 29:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
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Genesis 29:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
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Genesis 29:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon.
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Genesis 29:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
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Genesis 29:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
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Genesis 30:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Rachel said, “God has vindicated me; He has heard my plea and given me a son.” So she named him Dan.
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Genesis 30:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.
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Genesis 30:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
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Genesis 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
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Genesis 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
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Genesis 30:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
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Genesis 30:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
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Genesis 30:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
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Genesis 31:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
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Genesis 32:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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Source alternate reference: 32.3
Genesis 32:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.
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Source alternate reference: 32.28
Genesis 32:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
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Source alternate reference: 32.29
Genesis 32:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
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Source alternate reference: 32.30
Genesis 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
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Source alternate reference: 32.31
Genesis 33:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.
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Genesis 35:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.
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Genesis 35:10 · BSB · 4 occurrences
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
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Genesis 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob called the place where God had spoken with him Bethel.
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Genesis 35:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
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Genesis 36:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
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Genesis 36:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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Genesis 36:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.
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Genesis 36:39 · BSB · 2 occurrences
When Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
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Genesis 36:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences
These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
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Genesis 38:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
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Genesis 38:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
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Genesis 38:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
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Genesis 38:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Onan.
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Genesis 38:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
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Genesis 38:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Genesis 38:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
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Genesis 38:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then his brother came out with the scarlet thread around his wrist, and he was named Zerah.
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Genesis 41:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 41:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
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Genesis 41:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
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Genesis 46:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now these are the names of the sons of Israel (Jacob and his descendants) who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn.
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Genesis 48:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Any children born to you after them shall be yours, and they shall be called by the names of their brothers in the territory they inherit.
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Genesis 48:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
the angel who has redeemed me from all harm—may He bless these boys. And may they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
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Genesis 50:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
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Exodus 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
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Exodus 1:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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Exodus 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
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Exodus 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
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Exodus 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses asked God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is His name?’ What should I tell them?”
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