Word Study · Strong's H7718 · Hebrew
שֹׁהַם
shoham
sho'-ham
Strong's 1890 spelling: shôham
“a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
Rendered in the KJV as
onyx.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַשֹּׁ֔הַם2
- בְּשֹׁ֖הַם1
- הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃1
- וְשֹׁ֖הַם1
- שֹׁ֕הַם1
- שֹׁ֑הַם1
- שֹׁ֔הַם1
- שֹׁ֖הַם1
- שֹׁ֨הַם1
- שֹׁ֙הַם֙1
How it is rendered · 5
- onyx5
- the onyx3
- an onyx1
- and an onyx1
- in onyx1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · masculine singular6
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 6
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus7 occurrences
- Exodus 25:7שֹׁ֕הַםshohamnoun · masculine singularand onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.here: onyx
- Exodus 28:9שֹׁ֑הַםshohamnoun · masculine singularTake two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:here: onyx
- Exodus 28:20וְשֹׁ֖הַםveshohamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularand in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.here: and an onyx
- Exodus 35:9שֹׁ֔הַםshohamnoun · masculine singularand onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.here: onyx
- Exodus 35:27הַשֹּׁ֔הַםhashohamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,here: the onyx
- Exodus 39:6הַשֹּׁ֔הַםhashohamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThey mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.here: the onyx
- Exodus 39:13שֹׁ֖הַםshohamnoun · masculine singularand the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.here: an onyx
Same headword in Strong's