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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1 Chronicles 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
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1 Chronicles 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
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1 Chronicles 16:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;
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1 Chronicles 16:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
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1 Chronicles 16:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”
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1 Chronicles 17:8 · 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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1 Chronicles 17:21 · 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? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
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1 Chronicles 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
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1 Chronicles 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 22:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.
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1 Chronicles 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
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1 Chronicles 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
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1 Chronicles 22:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and I will grant to Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
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1 Chronicles 22:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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1 Chronicles 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Begin building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
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1 Chronicles 23:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.
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1 Chronicles 23:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 28:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has shed blood.’
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1 Chronicles 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
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1 Chronicles 29:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.
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2 Chronicles 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.
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Source alternate reference: 1.18
2 Chronicles 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
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Source alternate reference: 2.3
2 Chronicles 3:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south and one on the north. The pillar on the south he named Jachin, and the pillar on the north he named Boaz.
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2 Chronicles 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land 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, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.
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2 Chronicles 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
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2 Chronicles 6:7 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:8 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:9 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:10 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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2 Chronicles 6:24 · 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 before You in this temple,
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2 Chronicles 6:26 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:32 · 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 great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
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2 Chronicles 6:33 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of this city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
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2 Chronicles 6:38 · 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 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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2 Chronicles 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
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2 Chronicles 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
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2 Chronicles 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.
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2 Chronicles 12:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Thus King Rehoboam established himself in Jerusalem and reigned. 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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2 Chronicles 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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2 Chronicles 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
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Source alternate reference: 14.10
2 Chronicles 18:15 · 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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2 Chronicles 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
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2 Chronicles 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’
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2 Chronicles 20:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
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2 Chronicles 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He 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 Chronicles 22:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
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2 Chronicles 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba.
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