# שֵׁם (shem)

Israeli respelling: shem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8035. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)

King James renderings: Sem, Shem.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shem-h8035

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 5:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/5/32) — And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- [Genesis 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/6/10) — And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- [Genesis 7:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/7/13) — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with t…
- [Genesis 9:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/18) — And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
- [Genesis 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/23) — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; a…
- [Genesis 9:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/26) — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- [Genesis 9:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/27) — God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
- [Genesis 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/10/1) — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- [Genesis 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/10/21) — Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
- [Genesis 10:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/10/22) — The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- [Genesis 10:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/10/31) — These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
- [Genesis 11:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/11/10) — These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
- [Genesis 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/11/11) — And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
- [1 Chronicles 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/1/4) — Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- [1 Chronicles 1:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/1/17) — The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- [1 Chronicles 1:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/1/24) — Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,