Sam סַם

Sam (Hebrew סַם, Strong's H5561) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “spice”. It occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Sam, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 25:6
  Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
• Exodus 30:7
  And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
• Exodus 30:34
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
• Exodus 31:11
  And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”
• Exodus 35:8
  And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
• Exodus 35:15
  And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
• Exodus 35:28
  And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.
• Exodus 37:29
  And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.
• Exodus 39:38
  And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;
• Exodus 40:27
  And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the Lord commanded Moses.and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 4:7
  And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
• Leviticus 16:12
  And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Numbers

• Numbers 4:16
  And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy objects and their utensils.”

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 2:4
  Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.
• 2 Chronicles 13:11
  And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).