Sham שָׁם

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Sham
שָׁם
Transliterationsham
Strong's numberH8033 (H8033G, H8033H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechadverb
Glossthere
Occurrences834 in 732 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (86)

Sham (Hebrew שָׁם, Strong's H8033) is a Hebrew adverb meaning “there”. It occurs 834 times in 732 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H8033G: there

1) there, thither
1a) there
1b) thither (after verbs of motion)
1c) from there, thence
1d) then (as an adverb of time)
Aramaic equivalent: tam.mah (תַּמָּה "there" H8536)

H8033H: (Jerusalem) Is There

Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)
This name means there, thither

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

Translated as

KJVthere (2), whither (2), thence (1), therein (1), thereout (1), thither (1), thereof (1), it (1)
BSBthere (390), where (29), it (9), was there (7), into it (6), were there (6), are there (6), here (5), place (4), there is (4), is there (4), them (3), and 47 other renderings

Verses

Sham occurs in 732 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (86): 2:8, 2:10, 2:11, 2:12, 3:23, 10:14, 11:2, 11:7, 11:8, 11:9, 11:31, 12:7, 12:8, 12:10, 13:3, 13:4, 13:14, 13:18, 14:10, 18:16, 18:22, 18:28, 18:29, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:20, 19:22, 19:27, 20:1, 20:13, 21:17, 21:31, 21:33, 22:2, 22:9, 23:13, 24:5, 24:6, 24:7, 24:8, 25:10, 26:8, 26:17, 26:19, 26:22, 26:23, 26:25, 27:9, 27:45, 28:2, 28:6, 28:11, 29:2, 29:3, 30:32, 31:13, 31:46, 32:13, 32:29, 33:19, 33:20, 35:1, 35:3, 35:7, 35:15, 35:27, 38:2, 39:1, 39:11, 39:20, 39:22, 40:3, 41:12, 42:2, 42:26, 43:25, 43:30, 44:14, 45:11, 46:3, 48:7, 49:24, 49:31, 50:5, 50:10

Exodus (29): 8:22, 9:26, 10:26, 12:13, 12:30, 15:25, 15:27, 16:33, 17:3, 17:6, 18:5, 19:2, 20:21, 21:13, 21:33, 24:12, 25:22, 26:33, 29:42, 29:43, 30:6, 30:18, 30:36, 34:2, 34:5, 34:28, 40:3, 40:7, 40:30

Leviticus (5): 2:2, 8:31, 16:23, 18:3, 20:22

Numbers (36): 9:17, 11:16, 11:17, 11:34, 13:22, 13:23, 13:24, 13:28, 13:33, 14:24, 14:35, 14:43, 15:18, 17:4, 19:18, 20:1, 20:4, 20:26, 20:28, 21:12, 21:13, 21:16, 21:32, 22:41, 23:13, 23:27, 32:26, 33:9, 33:14, 33:38, 33:54, 35:6, 35:11, 35:15, 35:25, 35:26

Deuteronomy (75): 1:28, 1:37, 1:38, 1:39, 3:21, 4:5, 4:14, 4:26, 4:27, 4:28, 4:29, 4:42, 5:15, 6:1, 6:23, 7:1, 9:28, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 11:8, 11:10, 11:11, 11:29, 12:2, 12:5, 12:6, 12:7, 12:11, 12:14, 12:21, 12:29, 13:12, 14:23, 14:24, 14:26, 16:2, 16:6, 16:11, 17:12, 18:6, 18:7, 19:3, 19:4, 19:12, 21:4, 23:12, 23:20, 24:18, 26:2, 26:5, 27:5, 27:7, 28:21, 28:36, 28:37, 28:63, 28:64, 28:65, 28:68, 30:1, 30:3, 30:4, 30:16, 30:18, 31:13, 31:16, 31:26, 32:47, 32:50, 32:52, 33:19, 33:21, 34:4, 34:5

Joshua (26): 2:1, 2:16, 2:22, 3:1, 4:8, 4:9, 6:22, 7:3, 7:4, 8:32, 10:27, 14:12, 15:14, 15:15, 17:15, 18:1, 18:10, 18:13, 19:13, 19:34, 20:3, 20:6, 20:9, 22:10, 22:19, 24:26

Judges (38): 1:7, 1:11, 1:20, 2:5, 5:11, 5:27, 6:24, 7:4, 8:8, 8:25, 8:27, 9:21, 9:51, 14:10, 16:1, 16:27, 17:7, 18:2, 18:3, 18:10, 18:11, 18:13, 18:15, 18:17, 19:2, 19:4, 19:7, 19:15, 19:18, 19:26, 20:22, 20:26, 20:27, 21:2, 21:4, 21:9, 21:10, 21:24

Ruth (6): 1:2, 1:4, 1:7, 1:17, 3:4, 4:1

1 Samuel (40): 1:3, 1:22, 1:28, 2:14, 3:3, 4:4, 5:11, 6:14, 7:6, 7:17, 9:6, 9:10, 10:3, 10:5, 10:10, 10:12, 10:23, 11:14, 11:15, 14:11, 14:34, 17:49, 19:3, 19:23, 20:6, 20:19, 21:6, 21:7, 22:1, 22:3, 22:22, 23:22, 23:23, 23:29, 24:3, 26:5, 27:5, 29:4, 30:31, 31:12

2 Samuel (36): 1:21, 2:2, 2:4, 2:18, 2:23, 3:27, 4:3, 5:20, 5:21, 6:2, 6:7, 10:18, 11:16, 13:38, 14:2, 14:30, 14:32, 15:21, 15:29, 15:32, 15:35, 15:36, 16:5, 16:14, 17:12, 17:13, 17:18, 18:7, 18:8, 18:11, 20:1, 21:12, 21:13, 23:9, 23:11, 24:25

1 Kings (38): 1:14, 1:34, 1:45, 2:3, 2:36, 3:4, 4:28, 5:9, 6:19, 7:7, 7:8, 8:8, 8:9, 8:16, 8:21, 8:29, 8:47, 8:64, 9:3, 9:28, 10:20, 11:16, 11:36, 12:25, 13:17, 14:2, 14:21, 17:4, 17:9, 17:10, 17:13, 17:19, 18:10, 18:40, 19:3, 19:9, 19:19, 21:18

2 Kings (47): 1:4, 1:6, 1:16, 2:20, 2:21, 2:23, 2:25, 4:8, 4:10, 4:11, 5:18, 6:1, 6:2, 6:6, 6:9, 6:10, 6:14, 7:2, 7:4, 7:5, 7:8, 7:10, 7:19, 9:2, 9:16, 9:27, 10:15, 11:16, 12:5, 12:9, 14:19, 15:20, 16:6, 17:11, 17:25, 17:27, 17:29, 17:33, 19:32, 23:7, 23:8, 23:12, 23:16, 23:20, 23:27, 23:34, 24:13

1 Chronicles (16): 1:12, 3:4, 4:23, 4:40, 4:41, 4:43, 11:4, 11:13, 12:39, 13:6, 13:10, 14:11, 14:12, 16:37, 21:26, 21:28

2 Chronicles (21): 1:3, 1:6, 5:9, 6:5, 6:6, 6:11, 6:20, 6:37, 7:7, 7:16, 8:2, 8:18, 9:19, 12:13, 20:26, 23:15, 25:27, 26:20, 28:9, 28:18, 32:21

Ezra (5): 1:4, 8:15, 8:21, 8:32, 10:6

Nehemiah (8): 1:3, 1:9, 2:11, 4:20, 5:16, 10:39, 13:5, 13:9

Job (9): 1:21, 3:17, 3:19, 23:7, 34:22, 35:12, 39:29, 39:30, 40:20

Psalms (22): 14:5, 36:12, 48:6, 53:5, 66:6, 68:27, 69:35, 76:3, 87:4, 87:6, 104:17, 104:25, 104:26, 107:36, 122:4, 122:5, 132:17, 133:3, 137:1, 137:3, 139:8, 139:10

Proverbs (4): 8:27, 9:18, 15:17, 22:14

Ecclesiastes (6): 1:5, 1:7, 3:16, 3:17, 9:10, 11:3

Song of Solomon (2): 7:12, 8:5

Isaiah (25): 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 13:20, 13:21, 20:6, 22:18, 23:12, 27:10, 28:10, 28:13, 33:21, 34:12, 34:14, 34:15, 35:8, 35:9, 37:33, 48:16, 52:4, 52:11, 55:10, 57:7, 65:9, 65:20

Jeremiah (69): 2:6, 3:6, 7:2, 7:12, 8:3, 8:14, 8:22, 13:4, 13:6, 13:7, 16:13, 16:15, 18:2, 19:2, 19:14, 20:6, 22:1, 22:11, 22:12, 22:24, 22:26, 22:27, 23:3, 23:8, 24:9, 27:22, 29:6, 29:7, 29:14, 29:18, 30:11, 32:5, 32:37, 35:7, 36:12, 37:12, 37:13, 37:16, 37:20, 38:11, 38:26, 40:4, 40:12, 41:1, 41:3, 41:9, 42:14, 42:15, 42:16, 42:17, 42:22, 43:2, 43:5, 43:12, 44:8, 44:12, 44:14, 44:28, 45:5, 46:17, 46:28, 47:7, 49:16, 49:18, 49:33, 49:36, 49:38, 50:9, 50:40

Ezekiel (55): 1:3, 1:12, 1:20, 3:15, 3:22, 3:23, 4:13, 5:3, 6:9, 6:13, 8:1, 8:3, 8:4, 8:14, 11:16, 11:18, 12:13, 12:16, 13:20, 17:20, 20:28, 20:29, 20:35, 20:40, 20:43, 23:3, 29:13, 29:14, 30:18, 32:22, 32:24, 32:26, 32:29, 32:30, 34:12, 34:14, 35:10, 36:20, 36:21, 36:22, 37:21, 39:11, 39:28, 40:1, 40:3, 40:38, 42:13, 42:14, 43:7, 46:19, 46:20, 46:24, 47:9, 47:23, 48:35

Daniel (2): 9:7, 10:13

Hosea (7): 2:15, 6:7, 6:10, 9:15, 10:9, 12:4, 13:8

Joel (4): 3:2, 3:7, 3:11, 3:12

Amos (5): 6:2, 7:12, 9:2, 9:3, 9:4

Obadiah (1): 1:4

Jonah (1): 4:5

Micah (2): 2:3, 4:10

Nahum (2): 2:11, 3:15

Habakkuk (1): 3:4

Zephaniah (1): 1:14

Haggai (1): 2:14

Zechariah (1): 5:11

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).
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