# שֹׁהַם (shoham)

Israeli respelling: sho-ham. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7718. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)

King James renderings: onyx.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shoham-h7718

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/2/12) — And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- [Exodus 25:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/25/7) — Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- [Exodus 28:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/9) — And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- [Exodus 28:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/20) — And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
- [Exodus 35:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/9) — And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- [Exodus 35:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/27) — And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
- [Exodus 39:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/6) — And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- [Exodus 39:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/13) — And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
- [1 Chronicles 29:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/29/2) — Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver,…
- [Job 28:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/16) — It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- [Ezekiel 28:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/28/13) — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx,…