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Lexicon :: Strong's H7718 - šōham

Aa
שֹׁהַם
Transliteration
šōham
Pronunciation
sho'-ham
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably mean to blanch
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2337

Strong’s Definitions

שֹׁהַם shôham, sho'-ham; from an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color):—onyx.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H7718 in the following manner: onyx (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H7718 in the following manner: onyx (11x).

  1. a precious stone or gem

    1. probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֹׁהַם shôham, sho'-ham; from an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color):—onyx.
STRONGS H7718: Abbreviations
† I. שֹׁ֫הַם noun masculineJob 28:16 a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus RiHWB 2, 336 f., onyx TaylorHast. DB iii. 624, beryl RidgewayEncy. Bib. 545, malachite Myresib. 4808, etc.; compare also DrGenesis 2:12 (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu DlWB 488); — אֶבֶן הַשּׁ׳ Genesis 2:12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land Ḥavilah; אַבְנֵי שׁ׳ Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9; Exodus 35:9, 27; Exodus 39:6 (all P), 1 Chronicles 29:2; אֶבֶן omitted Ezekiel 28:13; Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13 (both P; all in lists of gems); יָקָר וְסַמִּיר שׁ׳ Job 28:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:12; 2:12

Exodus

25:7; 28:9; 28:20; 35:9; 35:27; 39:6; 39:13

1 Chronicles

29:2

Job

28:16; 28:16

Ezekiel

28:13

H7718

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7718 matches the Hebrew שֹׁהַם (šōham),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:12 - And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:7 - Beryls and stones of value to be put on the ephod and on the priest's bag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - You are to take two beryl stones, on which the names of the children of Israel are to be cut:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:20 - The fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they are to be fixed in twisted frames of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:9 - And beryls and jewels to be cut for the ephod and for the priest's bag.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:27 - And the rulers gave the beryls and the cut jewels for the ephod and the priest's bag;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:6 - Then they made the beryl stones, fixed in twisted frames of gold and cut like the cutting of a stamp, with the names of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:13 - In the fourth, a topaz, a beryl, and a jasper; they were fixed in twisted frames of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:2 - Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:16 - It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:13 - You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
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