Hebrew word study
שָׁםshâm — there (transferring to time) then
Pronounced “shawm”
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Translated in the King James as: in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
Appears 774 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר));
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Genesis — 97×
Genesis 2:8Genesis 2:10Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 10:14Genesis 11:2Genesis 11:7Genesis 11:8Genesis 11:9Genesis 11:31Genesis 12:7Genesis 12:8Genesis 12:10Genesis 13:3Genesis 13:4Genesis 13:14Genesis 13:18Genesis 14:10Genesis 18:16Genesis 18:22Genesis 18:28Genesis 18:29Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:31Genesis 18:32+ 72 more in Genesis
Exodus — 30×
Exodus 8:22Exodus 9:26Exodus 10:26Exodus 12:13Exodus 12:30Exodus 15:25Exodus 15:27Exodus 16:33Exodus 17:3Exodus 17:6Exodus 18:5Exodus 19:2Exodus 20:21Exodus 21:13Exodus 21:33Exodus 24:12Exodus 25:22Exodus 29:42Exodus 29:43Exodus 30:6Exodus 30:18Exodus 30:36Exodus 34:2Exodus 34:5Exodus 34:28+ 5 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 3×
Numbers — 36×
Numbers 9:17Numbers 11:16Numbers 11:17Numbers 11:34Numbers 13:22Numbers 13:23Numbers 13:24Numbers 13:28Numbers 13:33Numbers 14:24Numbers 14:35Numbers 14:43Numbers 17:4Numbers 19:18Numbers 20:1Numbers 20:4Numbers 20:26Numbers 20:28Numbers 21:12Numbers 21:13Numbers 21:16Numbers 21:32Numbers 22:41Numbers 23:13Numbers 23:27+ 11 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 77×
Deuteronomy 1:28Deuteronomy 1:37Deuteronomy 1:38Deuteronomy 1:39Deuteronomy 3:21Deuteronomy 4:5Deuteronomy 4:14Deuteronomy 4:26Deuteronomy 4:28Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 4:42Deuteronomy 5:15Deuteronomy 6:1Deuteronomy 6:23Deuteronomy 7:1Deuteronomy 9:28Deuteronomy 10:5Deuteronomy 10:6Deuteronomy 10:7Deuteronomy 11:8Deuteronomy 11:10Deuteronomy 11:11Deuteronomy 11:29Deuteronomy 12:2Deuteronomy 12:5+ 52 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 25×
Judges — 35×
1 Samuel — 48×
2 Samuel — 38×
1 Kings — 39×
2 Kings — 51×
1 Chronicles — 16×
2 Chronicles — 20×
Nehemiah — 8×
Job — 10×
Psalms — 20×
Ecclesiastes — 7×
Isaiah — 32×
Jeremiah — 69×
Jeremiah 2:6Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 7:12Jeremiah 8:3Jeremiah 8:14Jeremiah 8:22Jeremiah 13:4Jeremiah 13:6Jeremiah 13:7Jeremiah 16:13Jeremiah 16:15Jeremiah 18:2Jeremiah 19:2Jeremiah 19:14Jeremiah 20:6Jeremiah 22:1Jeremiah 22:11Jeremiah 22:24Jeremiah 22:26Jeremiah 22:27Jeremiah 23:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 27:22Jeremiah 29:6Jeremiah 29:14+ 44 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 62×
Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 1:12Ezekiel 1:20Ezekiel 3:15Ezekiel 3:22Ezekiel 3:23Ezekiel 4:13Ezekiel 5:3Ezekiel 6:9Ezekiel 6:13Ezekiel 8:1Ezekiel 8:3Ezekiel 8:4Ezekiel 8:14Ezekiel 11:16Ezekiel 11:18Ezekiel 12:13Ezekiel 12:16Ezekiel 13:20Ezekiel 17:20Ezekiel 20:28Ezekiel 20:29Ezekiel 20:35Ezekiel 20:40Ezekiel 20:43+ 37 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 2×
Hosea — 8×
Obadiah — 1×
Jonah — 1×
Micah — 3×
Nahum — 2×
Habakkuk — 1×
Zephaniah — 1×
Haggai — 1×
Zechariah — 1×
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