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

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Ruth 4:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
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Ruth 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
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Ruth 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
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Ruth 4:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
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1 Samuel 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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1 Samuel 1:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
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1 Samuel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
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1 Samuel 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
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1 Samuel 8:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
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1 Samuel 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
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1 Samuel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
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1 Samuel 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
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1 Samuel 14:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
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1 Samuel 14:49 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).
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1 Samuel 14:50 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.
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1 Samuel 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
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1 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
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1 Samuel 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
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1 Samuel 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
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1 Samuel 17:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
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1 Samuel 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
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1 Samuel 20:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
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1 Samuel 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Source alternate reference: 21.8
1 Samuel 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
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1 Samuel 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
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Source alternate reference: 24.22
1 Samuel 25:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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1 Samuel 25:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
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1 Samuel 25:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
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1 Samuel 25:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
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2 Samuel 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
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2 Samuel 4:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
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2 Samuel 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
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2 Samuel 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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2 Samuel 5:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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.
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2 Samuel 6:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
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2 Samuel 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
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2 Samuel 7:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like that of the greatest in the land.
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2 Samuel 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
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2 Samuel 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
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2 Samuel 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts is God over Israel.’ And the house of Your servant David will be established before You.
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2 Samuel 8:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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2 Samuel 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there was a servant of the house of Saul named Ziba. They summoned him to David, and the king inquired, “Are you Ziba?” “I am your servant,” he replied.
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2 Samuel 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.
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2 Samuel 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
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2 Samuel 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
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2 Samuel 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, assemble the rest of the troops, lay siege to the city, and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city, and it will be named after me.”
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2 Samuel 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.
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2 Samuel 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
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2 Samuel 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
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2 Samuel 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.
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