שֹׁהַם
shôham · sho'-ham
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root probably mean to blanch;
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: onyx.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֹׁהַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- onyx6 · 55%
- and the onyx1 · 9%
- and an onyx1 · 9%
- and onyx1 · 9%
- an onyx1 · 9%
- the onyx1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.