Hebrew
שֵׁם shem
“name” · 864 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “name” 522
- “named” 138
- “him” 20
- “(not translated)” 20
- “called” 17
- other ways 147
- onoma, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 229
In the New Testament it continues as onoma: Hebrews 2:12 quotes Psalms 22:22, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 113 |
| Exodus | 43 |
| Leviticus | 11 |
| Numbers | 49 |
| Deuteronomy | 36 |
| Joshua | 12 |
| Judges | 19 |
| Ruth | 14 |
| 1 Samuel | 33 |
| 2 Samuel | 34 |
| 1 Kings | 46 |
| 2 Kings | 23 |
| 1 Chronicles | 55 |
| 2 Chronicles | 45 |
| Ezra | 4 |
| Nehemiah | 7 |
| Esther | 8 |
| Job | 7 |
| Psalms | 109 |
| Proverbs | 7 |
| Ecclesiastes | 3 |
| Song of Songs | 1 |
| Isaiah | 54 |
| Jeremiah | 55 |
| Lamentations | 1 |
| Ezekiel | 28 |
| Daniel | 6 |
| Hosea | 5 |
| Joel | 2 |
| Amos | 7 |
| Micah | 4 |
| Nahum | 1 |
| Zephaniah | 5 |
| Zechariah | 7 |
| Malachi | 10 |
| Matthew | 22 |
| Mark | 15 |
| Luke | 34 |
| John | 25 |
| Acts | 60 |
| Romans | 5 |
| 1 Corinthians | 6 |
| Ephesians | 2 |
| Philippians | 4 |
| Colossians | 1 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 2 |
| 1 Timothy | 1 |
| 2 Timothy | 1 |
| Hebrews | 4 |
| James | 3 |
| 1 Peter | 1 |
| 1 John | 3 |
| 3 John | 2 |
| Revelation | 38 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“name” 522
Genesis 27
- 2:11 The name of the first river…
- 2:13 The name of the second river…
- 2:14 The name of the third river…
- 2:19 …each living creature that was its name
- 4:21 …And his brother’s name was Jubal he was…
- 4:26 …began to call upon the name of the LORD…
- 11:4 …that we may make a name for ourselves and not…
- 12:8 …LORD and he called on the name of the LORD…
- 13:4 …And there Abram called on the name of the LORD…
- 16:13 …So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who…
- 16:15 …son and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son…
- 17:5 …you be called Abram but your name will be Abraham for…
- 21:3 …And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son…
- 21:33 …and there he called upon the name of the LORD the…
- 26:25 …altar there and called on the name of the LORD and…
- 26:33 …and to this day the name of the city is…
- 32:27 …What is your name the man asked Jacob…
- 32:28 …Then the man said Your name will no longer be…
- 32:29 …requested Please tell me your name But he replied Why…
- 32:29 …Why do you ask my name Then he blessed Jacob…
- 35:10 …be called Jacob Instead your name will be Israel So…
- 36:32 …Beor reigned in Edom the name of his city was…
- 36:35 …reigned in his place And the name of his city was…
- 36:39 …Pau and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of…
- 38:6 …for Er his firstborn and her name was Tamar…
- 41:45 …Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath paneah and he…
- 48:16 …may they be called by my name and the names of…
Exodus 17
- 3:13 …they ask me What is His name What should I tell…
- 3:15 …me to you This is My name forever and this is…
- 5:23 …to Pharaoh to speak in Your name he has brought trouble…
- 6:3 …Jacob as God Almighty but by My name the LORD I did…
- 9:16 …to you and that My name might be proclaimed in…
- 15:3 …a warrior the LORD is His name
- 20:7 …You shall not take the name of the LORD your…
- 20:7 …anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain…
- 23:21 …not forgive rebellion since My Name is in him…
- 28:21 …like a seal with the name of one of the…
- 31:2 …See I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri…
- 33:12 …have said I know you by name and you have found…
- 33:17 …sight and I know you by name
- 33:19 …and I will proclaim My name the LORD in your…
- 34:5 …him there and proclaimed His name the LORD…
- 35:30 …the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri…
- 39:14 …like a seal with the name of one of the…
Leviticus 11
- 18:21 …you must not profane the name of your God I…
- 19:12 …must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the…
- 19:12 …name and so profane the name of your God I…
- 20:3 …and profaned My holy name
- 21:6 …God and not profane the name of their God Because…
- 22:2 …not profane My holy name I am the LORD…
- 22:32 …not profane My holy name I must be acknowledged…
- 24:11 …the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse So…
- 24:11 …to Moses His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of…
- 24:16 …Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must…
- 24:16 …native if he blasphemes the Name he must be put…
Numbers 10
- 1:2 …families listing every man by name one by one…
- 1:17 …who had been designated by name
- 3:17 …the sons of Levi by name Gershon Kohath and Merari…
- 3:43 …old or more listed by name was…
- 4:32 …use You shall assign by name the items that they…
- 6:27 …So they shall put My name on the Israelites and…
- 17:3 …and write Aaron’s name on the staff of…
- 25:14 The name of the Israelite who…
- 25:15 And the name of the slain Midianite…
- 26:46 And the name of Asher’s daughter was…
Deuteronomy 15
- 5:11 …You shall not take the name of the LORD your…
- 5:11 …anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain…
- 6:13 …and take your oaths in His name
- 9:14 …them and blot out their name from under heaven Then…
- 10:8 …and to pronounce blessings in His name as they do to…
- 10:20 …and take your oaths in His name
- 12:5 …establish as a dwelling for His Name and there you must…
- 12:11 …will choose a dwelling for His Name And there you are…
- 12:21 …God chooses to put His Name is too far from…
- 14:23 …choose as a dwelling for His Name so that you may…
- 14:24 …will choose to put His Name is too far away…
- 16:2 …choose as a dwelling for His Name
- 16:6 …choose as a dwelling for His Name Do this in the…
- 16:11 …choose as a dwelling for His Name you your sons and…
- 18:5 …and minister in His name for all time…
And 442 more, on the full page.
“named” 138
Genesis 36
- 2:20 …The man gave names to all the livestock…
- 3:20 …And Adam named his wife Eve because…
- 4:17 …Cain built a city and named it after his son…
- 4:19 …married two women one named Adah and the other…
- 10:25 …born to Eber One was named Peleg because in his…
- 10:25 …divided and his brother was named Joktan…
- 11:29 …for themselves Abram’s wife was named Sarai and Nahor’s wife…
- 11:29 …Sarai and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah she was the…
- 16:1 …had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar…
- 24:29 …Rebekah had a brother named Laban and he rushed…
- 25:1 …had taken another wife named Keturah…
- 25:13 …These are the names of the sons of…
- 25:16 …of Ishmael and these were their names by their villages and…
- 25:26 …out grasping Esau’s heel so he was named Jacob And Isaac was…
- 26:20 …The water is ours So he named the well Esek because…
- 27:36 …Is he not rightly named Jacob For he has…
- 28:19 …though previously the city had been named Luz…
- 29:16 …two daughters the older was named Leah and the younger…
- 29:16 …Leah and the younger was named Rachel…
- 29:34 …him three sons So he was named Levi…
- 32:2 …the camp of God So he named that place Mahanaim…
- 32:30 …So Jacob named the place Peniel saying…
- 35:18 …for she was dying she named him Ben oni But…
- 36:10 …These are the names of Esau’s sons Eliphaz…
- 36:39 …his place His city was named Pau and his wife’s…
- 36:40 …These are the names of Esau’s chiefs according…
- 36:40 …their families and regions by their names Chiefs Timna Alvah Jetheth…
- 38:1 …settled near a man named Hirah an Adullamite…
- 38:2 …of a Canaanite man named Shua and he took…
- 38:29 …have broken out first So he was named Perez…
- 38:30 …thread around his wrist and he was named Zerah…
- 41:51 …Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh saying…
- 41:52 …And the second son he named Ephraim saying God has…
- 46:8 …Now these are the names of the sons of…
- 48:6 …shall be called by the names of their brothers in…
- 48:16 …called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham…
Exodus 14
- 1:1 …These are the names of the sons of…
- 6:16 …These were the names of the sons of…
- 15:23 …bitter That is why it was named Marah…
- 17:7 He named the place Massah and…
- 18:3 …two sons One son was named Gershom for Moses had…
- 18:4 …The other son was named Eliezer for Moses had…
- 23:13 …You must not invoke the names of other gods they…
- 28:9 …and engrave on them the names of the sons of…
- 28:10 …six of their names on one stone and…
- 28:11 …Engrave the names of the sons of…
- 28:12 …Aaron is to bear their names on his two shoulders…
- 28:29 …Place he shall bear the names of the sons of…
- 39:6 …like a seal with the names of the sons of…
- 39:14 …twelve stones corresponded to the names of the sons of…
Numbers 26
- 1:5 …These are the names of the men who…
- 1:18 …counting one by one the names of those twenty years…
- 1:22 …counting one by one the names of every male twenty…
- 1:24 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:26 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:28 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:30 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:32 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:34 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:36 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:38 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:40 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 1:42 …clans and families counting the names of all those twenty…
- 3:2 …These are the names of the sons of…
- 3:18 …These were the names of the sons of…
- 3:40 …or more and list their names
- 11:26 …in the camp one named Eldad and the other…
- 13:4 …and these were their names From the tribe of…
- 13:16 …These were the names of the men Moses…
- 21:3 …their cities to destruction so they named the place Hormah…
- 26:33 …sons but only daughters The names of his daughters were…
- 26:53 …according to the number of names
- 26:59 …and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed She was also…
- 27:1 …son of Joseph These were the names of his daughters Mahlah…
- 34:17 …These are the names of the men who…
- 34:19 …These are their names Caleb son of Jephunneh…
Deuteronomy 2
Joshua 2
And 58 more, on the full page.
“him” 20
Genesis 13
- 4:25 …a son and named him Seth saying God has…
- 4:26 …born and he called him Enosh At that time…
- 17:19 …you are to name him Isaac I will establish…
- 19:38 …son and she named him Ben ammi He is…
- 30:8 …won So she named him Naphtali…
- 30:11 …fortunate So she named him Gad…
- 30:13 …happy So she named him Asher…
- 30:20 …sons And she named him Zebulun…
- 30:24 …She named him Joseph and said May…
- 35:10 …Israel So God named him Israel…
- 38:3 …son and Judah named him Er…
- 38:4 …son and she named him Onan…
- 38:5 …another son and named him Shelah it was at…
Judges 2
1 Samuel 1
- 1:20 …a son She named him Samuel saying Because I…
1 Chronicles 1
- 7:23 …son So he named him Beriah because tragedy had…
Isaiah 2
Hosea 1
- 1:9 …the LORD said Name him Lo ammi for you…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 20
“called” 17
Genesis 6
Numbers 1
- 11:3 …So that place was called Taberah because the fire…
Joshua 3
Judges 1
- 2:5 So they called that place Bochim and…
2 Samuel 1
- 5:20 …enemies before me So he called that place Baal perazim…
1 Chronicles 1
- 14:11 …by my hand So they called that place Baal perazim…
Isaiah 1
- 9:6 …be upon His shoulders And He will be called Wonderful Counselor Mighty God…
Jeremiah 1
- 20:3 …The LORD does not call you Pashhur but Magor…
Ezekiel 1
- 20:29 …And to this day it is called Bamah…
Daniel 1
- 10:1 …revealed to Daniel who was called Belteshazzar The message was…
“named him” 11
Genesis 7
- 19:37 …birth to a son and named him Moab He is the…
- 25:25 …like a fur coat so they named him Esau…
- 29:32 …birth to a son and she named him Reuben for she said…
- 29:33 …this son as well So she named him Simeon…
- 29:35 …praise the LORD So she named him Judah Then Leah stopped…
- 30:6 …given me a son So she named him Dan…
- 30:18 …maidservant to my husband So she named him Issachar…
Exodus 1
- 2:10 …he became her son She named him Moses and explained I…
2 Samuel 1
- 12:24 …a son and they named him Solomon Now the LORD…
1 Chronicles 2
“whose name” 11
Genesis 1
- 22:24 …Moreover Nahor’s concubine whose name was Reumah bore Tebah…
Judges 1
- 16:4 …the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah…
Ruth 1
- 2:1 …the clan of Elimelech whose name was Boaz…
1 Samuel 1
- 9:1 …was a powerful man whose name was Kish son of…
Psalms 1
- 83:18 …know that You alone whose name is the LORD are…
Isaiah 1
- 57:15 …up who inhabits eternity whose name is Holy I dwell…
Jeremiah 5
“fame” 8
“renown” 7
“it” 5
“known as” 4
“famous” 4
“after” 3
“her” 3
“whose name is” 3
“due his name” 3
“make your name” 2
“name him” 2
“same names” 2
“name was” 2
“like that of” 2
“eliakim’s name” 2
“good name” 2
“and” 1
Genesis 1
- 4:19 …women one named Adah and the other Zillah…
“them” 1
Genesis 1
- 5:2 …were created He called them man…
“name is to be” 1
Genesis 1
- 17:15 …call her Sarai for her name is to be Sarah…
“order of their birth” 1
Genesis 1
- 25:13 …the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth Nebaioth the firstborn of…
“also called” 1
Genesis 1
- 25:30 …famished That is why he was also called Edom…
“place was called” 1
Genesis 1
- 31:48 …me this day Therefore the place was called Galeed…
“though your name” 1
Genesis 1
- 35:10 …God said to him Though your name is Jacob you will…
“names were” 1
Exodus 1
- 1:15 …the Hebrew midwives whose names were Shiphrah and Puah…
“shiphrah” 1
Exodus 1
- 1:15 …midwives whose names were Shiphrah and Puah…
“moses named him” 1
Exodus 1
- 2:22 …birth to a son and Moses named him Gershom saying I have…
“called the bread” 1
Exodus 1
- 16:31 …the house of Israel called the bread manna It was white…
“cause my name” 1
Exodus 1
- 20:24 …In every place where I cause My name to be remembered I…
“correspond to the names” 1
Exodus 1
- 28:21 …twelve stones are to correspond to the names of the sons of…
“each” 1
Exodus 1
- 28:21 …the sons of Israel each engraved like a seal…
Not matched to an English word 1
Exodus 1
“one the names” 1
Numbers 1
- 1:20 …and families counting one by one the names of every male twenty…
“eldad” 1
Numbers 1
- 11:26 …the camp one named Eldad and the other Medad…
“man’s name” 1
Numbers 1
- 17:2 …each tribe Write each man’s name on his staff…
“according to the names” 1
Numbers 1
- 26:55 …shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of…
“should the name” 1
Numbers 1
- 27:4 …Why should the name of our father disappear…
“whose names” 1
Numbers 1
- 32:38 …Nebo and Baal meon (whose names were changed and Sibmah…
“renamed” 1
Numbers 1
- 32:38 …were changed and Sibmah And they renamed the cities they rebuilt…
“after his own name” 1
Numbers 1
- 32:42 …and called it Nobah after his own name
“himself” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 3:14 …He renamed Bashan after himself Havvoth jair by which…
“family name” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 25:10 And his family name in Israel will be…
“name of” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 28:10 …that you are called by the name of the LORD and they…
“because of the fame” 1
Joshua 1
- 9:9 …distant land they replied because of the fame of the LORD your…
“called it” 1
Judges 1
- 1:26 …Hittites built a city and called it Luz which is its…
“named it” 1
Judges 1
- 15:19 …revived That is why he named it En hakkore and it…
“up the name” 1
Ruth 1
- 4:5 …in order to raise up the name of the deceased on…
“naomi” 1
Ruth 1
- 4:17 …son has been born to Naomi and they named him…
“hannah” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 1:2 …two wives one named Hannah and the other Peninnah…
“bozez” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 14:4 …outpost One was named Bozez and the other Seneh…
“firstborn” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 14:49 …daughters were named Merab his firstborn and Michal his younger…
“these” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 25:9 …arrived they relayed all these words to Nabal on…
“lives up to his name” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 25:25 …scoundrel Nabal for he lives up to his name His name means Fool…
“baanah” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 4:2 …parties One was named Baanah and the other Rechab…
“name for himself” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 8:13 …And David made a name for himself when he returned from…
“after me” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 12:28 …it will be named after me
“make the name” 1
1 Kings 1
- 1:47 …saying May your God make the name of Solomon more famous…
“than your own name” 1
1 Kings 1
- 1:47 …of Solomon more famous than your own name and may He make…
“concerning the name” 1
1 Kings 1
- 10:1 …the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD she…
“which is its name” 1
2 Kings 1
- 14:7 …and called it Joktheel which is its name to this very day…
“whom he named” 1
2 Kings 1
- 17:34 …the descendants of Jacob whom He named Israel…
“names of” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 6:17 …These are the names of the sons of Gershom…
“above” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 6:65 …lot the cities named above from the tribes of…
“descendant was named” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 7:15 …sister was Maacah Another descendant was named Zelophehad who had only…
“identified by name” 1
Ezra 1
- 10:16 …heads each of them identified by name to represent their families…
“mordecai’s behalf” 1
Esther 1
- 2:22 …she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf
“word” 1
Esther 1
- 9:26 …are called Purim from the word Pur Because of all…
“whose name was” 1
Job 1
- 1:1 …the land of Uz whose name was Job And this man…
“nameless” 1
Job 1
- 30:8 …A senseless and nameless brood they were driven…
“daughter jemimah” 1
Job 1
- 42:14 …He named his first daughter Jemimah his second Keziah and…
“keziah” 1
Job 1
- 42:14 …daughter Jemimah his second Keziah and his third Keren…
“forgotten” 1
Psalms 1
- 41:5 …When will he die and be forgotten
“through your name” 1
Psalms 1
- 44:5 …we repel our foes through Your name we trample our enemies…
“namesakes” 1
Psalms 1
- 49:11 …even though their lands were their namesakes
“through my name” 1
Psalms 1
- 89:24 …will be with him and through My name his horn will be…
“extol the name” 1
Isaiah 1
- 24:15 …LORD in the east Extol the name of the LORD the…
“named me” 1
Isaiah 1
- 49:1 …body of My mother He named Me
“honor” 1
Isaiah 1
- 60:9 …their silver and gold to the honor of the LORD your…
“honor the name” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 3:17 …be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD They…
“you” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 11:16 …The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree…
“name saying” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 12:16 …My people and swear by My name, saying As surely as the…
“own name” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 29:25 …God of Israel says In your own name you have sent out…
“o infamous city” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 22:5 …far will mock you O infamous city full of turmoil…
“as for their identities” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 23:4 …to sons and daughters As for their identities Oholah is Samaria and…
“byword” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 23:10 …sword Thus she became a byword among women and they…
“allow it” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 39:7 …and will no longer allow it to be profaned Then…
“new names” 1
Daniel 1
- 1:7 …chief official gave them new names To Daniel he gave…
“carry on your name” 1
Nahum 1
- 1:14 …will be no descendants to carry on your name I will cut off…
In our notes
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.