Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7718
שֹׁהַם
shohamsho'-ham
onyx
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shôham
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7718is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7718
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
The King James renders it: onyx.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shoham is rendered "onyx". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:12And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
Genesis 2:12הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eleven uses are in Exodus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- onyx5
- the onyx3
- an onyx1
- and an onyx1
- in onyx1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַשֹּׁ֔הַם2
- בְּשֹׁ֖הַם1
- הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃1
- וְשֹׁ֖הַם1
- שֹׁ֕הַם1
- שֹׁ֑הַם1
- שֹׁ֔הַם1
- שֹׁ֖הַם1
- שֹׁ֨הַם1
- שֹׁ֙הַם֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular6HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
- הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃hashohamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the onyx
Exodus
seven uses
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- שֹׁ֕הַםshohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: onyx
Take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel:
- שֹׁ֑הַםshohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: onyx
and in the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. Mount these stones in gold filigree settings.
- וְשֹׁ֖הַםveshohamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and an onyx
and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
- שֹׁ֔הַםshohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: onyx
The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
- הַשֹּׁ֔הַםhashohamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the onyx
They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved like a seal with the names of the sons of Israel.
- הַשֹּׁ֔הַםhashohamthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the onyx
and the fourth row had a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. These stones were mounted in gold filigree settings.
- שֹׁ֖הַםshohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: an onyx
1 Chronicles
one use
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
- שֹׁ֨הַםshohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: onyx
Job
one use
It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.
- בְּשֹׁ֖הַםbeshohampreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: in onyx
Ezekiel
one use
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
- שֹׁ֙הַם֙shohamnoun · masculine singulartagged: onyx
The letters
Gematria 345· 905 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.