Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7718 - שֹׁהַם shoham ((a gem) perhaps an onyx)

Original Word:	שֹׁהַם
Transliteration:	shoham
Definition:	(a gem) perhaps an onyx
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(sho'-ham)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

onyx

From an unused root probably mean to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color) -- onyx.

Englishman's Concordance

1) a precious stone or gem
1a) probably onyx, chrysoprasus, beryl, malachite
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from an unused root probably meaning to blanch
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2337

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. שֹׁ֫הַםnoun masculine^{Job 28:16}a gem, identification dubious, Vrss vary; onyx or chrysoprasus Ri^{HWB 2, 336 f.}, onyx Taylor^{Hast. DB iii. 624,}beryl Ridgeway^{Ency. Bib. 545,}malachite Myres^{ib. 4808, etc}.; compare also Dr^{Genesis 2:12} (√ unknown; perhaps loan-word, compare Assyrian sâmtu Dl^{WB 488}); — ׳אֶבֶן הַשּׁGenesis 2:12 (J; +הַבְּדֹלַח), in land „avilah; ׳אַבְנֵי שׁExodus 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׳שׁJob 28:16.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7718. שֹׁ֫הַם (shoham) — 11 Occurrences

Genesis 2:12
HEB:הַבְּדֹ֖לַח וְאֶ֥בֶן הַשֹּֽׁהַם׃
NAS: the bdellium and the onyx stone
KJV: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
INT: the bdellium stone and the onyx

Exodus 25:7
HEB: אַבְנֵי־ שֹׁ֕הַם וְאַבְנֵ֖י מִלֻּאִ֑ים
NAS:onyx stones and setting
KJV:Onyx stones, and stones
INT: stones onyx stones and setting

Exodus 28:9
HEB:שְׁתֵּ֖י אַבְנֵי־ שֹׁ֑הַם וּפִתַּחְתָּ֣ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
NAS: two onyx stones
KJV: two onyx stones,
INT: two stones onyx and engrave on

Exodus 28:20
HEB:הָרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ וְשֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מְשֻׁבָּצִ֥ים
NAS: a beryl and an onyx and a jasper;
KJV: a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper:
INT: and the fourth A beryl and an onyx jasper shall be set

Exodus 35:9
HEB: וְאַ֨בְנֵי־ שֹׁ֔הַם וְאַבְנֵ֖י מִלֻּאִ֑ים
NAS:and onyx stones and setting
KJV:And onyx stones, and stones
INT: stones and onyx stones and setting

Exodus 35:27
HEB:אֵ֚ת אַבְנֵ֣י הַשֹּׁ֔הַם וְאֵ֖ת אַבְנֵ֣י
NAS: brought the onyx stones
KJV: brought onyx stones,
INT: brought stones the onyx and the stones setting

Exodus 39:6
HEB:אֶת־ אַבְנֵ֣י הַשֹּׁ֔הַם מֻֽסַבֹּ֖ת מִשְׁבְּצֹ֣ת
NAS: They made the onyx stones, set
KJV: And they wrought onyx stones inclosed
INT: made stones the onyx inclosed filigree

Exodus 39:13
HEB:הָֽרְבִיעִ֔י תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֖הַם וְיָשְׁפֵ֑ה מֽוּסַבֹּ֛ת
NAS: a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper.
KJV: a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper:
INT: and the fourth A beryl an onyx jasper inclosed

1 Chronicles 29:2
HEB:לָעֵצִ֑ים אַבְנֵי־ שֹׁ֨הַם וּמִלּוּאִ֜ים אַבְנֵי־
NAS: for the [things of] wood, onyx stones
KJV: for [things] of wood; onyx stones,
INT: wood stones onyx and inlaid stones

Job 28:16
HEB:בְּכֶ֣תֶם אוֹפִ֑יר בְּשֹׁ֖הַם יָקָ֣ר וְסַפִּֽיר׃
NAS: In precious onyx, or sapphire.
KJV: with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
INT: the gold of Ophir onyx precious sapphire

Ezekiel 28:13
HEB:וְיָהֲלֹ֗ם תַּרְשִׁ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֙הַם֙ וְיָ֣שְׁפֵ֔ה סַפִּ֣יר
NAS: The beryl, the onyx and the jasper;
KJV: the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper,
INT: and the diamond the beryl the onyx and the jasper the lapis

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