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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2 Samuel 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
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2 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.
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2 Samuel 18:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
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2 Samuel 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
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2 Samuel 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
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2 Samuel 22:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name.
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2 Samuel 23:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
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2 Samuel 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he wielded his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.
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2 Samuel 23:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who won a name along with the three mighty men.
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1 Kings 1:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The king’s servants have also gone to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than your own name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king has bowed in worship on his bed,
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1 Kings 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.
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1 Kings 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim;
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1 Kings 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
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Source alternate reference: 5.11
1 Kings 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As you are well aware, due to the wars waged on all sides against my father David, he could not build a house for the Name of the LORD his God until the LORD had put his enemies under his feet.
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Source alternate reference: 5.17
1 Kings 5:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne in your place, and he will build the house for My Name.’
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Source alternate reference: 5.19
1 Kings 7:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Thus he set up the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jachin, and the pillar to the north he named Boaz.
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1 Kings 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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1 Kings 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.
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1 Kings 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
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1 Kings 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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1 Kings 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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1 Kings 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
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1 Kings 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
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1 Kings 8:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
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1 Kings 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
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1 Kings 8:43 · BSB · 2 occurrences
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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1 Kings 8:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 8:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
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1 Kings 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
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1 Kings 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
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1 Kings 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions.
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1 Kings 11:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,
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1 Kings 11:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
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1 Kings 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”
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1 Kings 14:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.
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1 Kings 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 15:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
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1 Kings 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
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1 Kings 16:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.
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1 Kings 18:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”
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1 Kings 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
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1 Kings 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
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1 Kings 18:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”
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1 Kings 18:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
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1 Kings 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
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1 Kings 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD?”
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1 Kings 22:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
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2 Kings 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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2 Kings 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.
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