שֻׁם
shum · shoom
{an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H8034 (שֵׁם)
{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: name.
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
- 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 שֻׁם 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whose name3 · 25%
- the names2 · 17%
- in the name1 · 8%
- their names1 · 8%
- unto one, whose name1 · 8%
- that hath caused his name1 · 8%
- the name1 · 8%
- according to the name1 · 8%
- named1 · 8%
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.