Occurrences
Shâm occurs 821 times in 722 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (85), Exodus (28), Leviticus (4), Numbers (36), Deuteronomy (74), Joshua (26), Judges (36), Ruth (6), 1 Samuel (39), 2 Samuel (35), 1 Kings (38), 2 Kings (47), 1 Chronicles (16), 2 Chronicles (21), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (8), Job (9), Psalms (22), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (6), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (25), Jeremiah (68), Ezekiel (55), Daniel (2), Hosea (7), Joel (4), Amos (5), Obadiah (1), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Nahum (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 2:8 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there (שָׁ֔ם) he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:10 — And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence (וּמִשָּׁם֙) it was parted, and became into four heads.
- Genesis 2:11 — The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where (שָׁ֖ם) there is gold;
- Genesis 2:12 — And the gold of that land is good: there (שָׁ֥ם) is bdellium and the onyx stone.
- Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence (מִשָּֽׁם) he was taken.
- Genesis 10:14 — And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom (מִשָּׁ֛ם) came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
- Genesis 11:2 — And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there (שָֽׁם).
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there (שָׁ֖ם) confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 11:8 — So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence (מִשָּׁ֖ם) upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
- Genesis 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there (שָׁ֛ם) confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence (וּמִשָּׁם֙) did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 11:31 — And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there (שָֽׁם).
- Genesis 12:7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there (שָׁם֙) builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
- Genesis 12:8 — And he removed from thence (מִשָּׁ֜ם) unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 12:8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there (שָׁ֤ם) he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there (שָׁ֔ם); for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 13:3 — And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where (שָׁ֤ם) his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai;
- Genesis 13:4 — Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there (שָׁ֖ם) at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:4 — Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there (שָׁ֛ם) Abram called on the name of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:14 — And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where (שָׁ֑ם) thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
- Genesis 13:18 — Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there (שָׁ֥ם) an altar unto the LORD.
- Genesis 14:10 — And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there (שָׁ֑מָּה); and they that remained fled to the mountain.
- Genesis 18:16 — And the men rose up from thence (מִשָּׁם֙), and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
- Genesis 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence (מִשָּׁם֙), and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- Genesis 18:28 — Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there (שָׁ֔ם) forty and five, I will not destroy it.
- Genesis 18:29 — And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there (שָׁ֖ם). And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:30 — And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there (שָׁ֖ם). And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
- Genesis 18:30 — And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there (שָׁ֖ם).
- Genesis 18:31 — And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there (שָׁ֖ם). And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Genesis 18:32 — And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there (שָׁ֖ם). And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto (שָׁ֖מָּה), and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:20 — Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither (שָׁ֗מָּה), (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
- Genesis 19:22 — Haste thee, escape thither (שָׁ֔מָּה); for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:22 — Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither (שָׁ֑מָּה). Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 19:27 — And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where (שָׁ֖ם) he stood before the LORD:
- Genesis 20:1 — And Abraham journeyed from thence (מִשָּׁ֤ם) toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
- Genesis 20:13 — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither (שָׁ֔מָּה) we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
- Genesis 21:17 — And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where (שָֽׁם) he is.
- Genesis 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there (שָׁ֥ם) they sware both of them.
- Genesis 21:33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there (שָׁ֔ם) on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
- Genesis 22:2 — And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there (שָׁם֙) for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
- Genesis 22:9 — And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there (שָׁ֤ם), and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
- Genesis 23:13 — And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there (שָֽׁמָּה).
- Genesis 24:5 — And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence (מִשָּֽׁם) thou camest?
- Genesis 24:6 — And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither (שָֽׁמָּה) again.
- Genesis 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence (מִשָּֽׁם).
- Genesis 24:8 — And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither (שָֽׁמָּה) again.
- Genesis 25:10 — The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there (שָׁ֛מָּה) was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 26:8 — And it came to pass, when he had been there (שָׁם֙) a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
- Genesis 26:17 — And Isaac departed thence (מִשָּׁ֖ם), and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.