noun · masculine
sēm
GreekΣήμ (sēm)
Strong’sG4590
Shem
stem sēm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σήμ, ὁ indecl. (Heb. שֵׁם),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4590 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsame
Sem (i.e. Shem), a patriarch
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSem.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sēm | sēm |
| object accusative | sēm | sēm |
| direct address vocative | sēm | sēm |
| of, belonging to genitive | sēm1×Σὴμ | sēm |
| to, for dative | sēm | sēm |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sēm“Shem”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 3:36“Shem”tou Kainam tou Arfaxad tou Sēm tou Nōe tou Lamechthe son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,