H8034

שֵׁם

shêm · shame

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Lexicon

Derivation: 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

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality
by implication, honor, authority, character

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

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

Letters

Shin

Mem

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
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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep

To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁם 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

864 occurrences · 864 OT · 0 NT · 244 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

name87 · 17%
the name71 · 14%
his name62 · 12%
and the name40 · 8%
thy name38 · 7%
whose name35 · 7%
my name21 · 4%
in the name21 · 4%
is his name17 · 3%
by my name14 · 3%
and his name13 · 2%
of the names13 · 2%
by name13 · 2%
for my name9 · 2%
and these are the names9 · 2%
by thy name9 · 2%
in my name7 · 1%
by their names6 · 1%
in thy name6 · 1%
on the name6 · 1%
upon the name6 · 1%
unto my name6 · 1%
now the name5 · 1%
of the name5 · 1%
after the name5 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שְׁמ֖וֹ57שֵׁ֣ם35וְשֵׁ֥ם32וְשֵׁ֣ם27שֵׁ֥ם25בְּשֵׁ֣ם25שֵׁם־22שְׁמִ֖י18שִׁמְךָ֣16בְּשֵׁ֥ם16שְׁמֽוֹ׃15שְׁמ֔וֹ14

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.