Lexical Summary Shem: "name", oldest son of Noah Original Word: שֵׁםTransliteration: Shem Phonetic Spelling: (shame) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "name", oldest son of Noah Meaning: Shem -- "name", oldest son of Noah Strong's Concordance Sem, Shem The same as shem; name; Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. His posterity) -- Sem, Shem. see HEBREW shem Brown-Driver-Briggs H8035. Shem II. שֵׁם proper name, masculine first son of Noah; — Genesis 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 10:1, 22, 31; 11:10 (twice in verse); 11:11 (all P), 9:18, 23, 26, 27; 10:21 (all J), 1 Chronicles 1:4, 17, 24; σημ. |