Definition for Shem:

• ( name ), the eldest son of Noah. ( Genesis 5:32 ) He was 98 years old, married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he, with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and wife, received the blessing of God, ( Genesis 9:1 ) and entered into the covenant. With the help of his brother Japheth, he covered the nakedness of their father and received the first blessing. ( Genesis 9:25-27 ) He died at the age of 630 years. The portion of the earth occupied by the descendants of Shem, ( Genesis 10:21 Genesis 10:31 ) begins at its northwestern extremity with Lydia, and includes Syria ( Aram), Chaldaea ( Arphaxad), parts Of Assyria ( Asshur), of Persia ( Elam), and of the Arabian peninsula ( Joktan). Modern scholars have given the name of Shemitic or Semitic to the languages spoken by his real or supposed descendants. [ HEBREW]

Synonyms for Shem:

• n.

  •person (noun)
  • shem.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • adult male,
  • man.

Paraphrases for Shem:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    MSS, mes, SEM.

Shem Sentence Examples:

• Have you not heard of the Baal Shem?

• " Why, everybody in these parts knows the Baal Shem," said he.

Homophones for Shem:

• shame, shiny, sign on, scission, sawm, synonymy, seem, sene, simony, siouan, sanaa, sinai, sechuana, sciaena, saxon, siskin, seminoma, shawn, someone, sagina, segno, sashimi, sinew, sienna, Sunnah, soigne, secession, samia, shoshone, simian, seize on, skin, sexism, sham, scum, sea onion, Sana'a, szechuan, shin, siwan, scene, sewn, sone, soma, squama, sion, shine, szechwan, sicken, scammony, sign, same, sign away, somme, sami, Shah Jahan, saone, sea anemone, sawan, schema, shaken, sumo, sichuan, Sunna, sin, Susanna, sachem, sheeny, sian, sage hen, swain, scummy, sium, swim, Swagman, synonym, seam, summon, shahn, sikhism, Sison Amomum, snowman, seyhan, schizogony, shina, shanny, simeon, schumann, succession, simoon, sane, sow in, sine, simon, sezession, shun, shawnee, suck in, sixsome, syzygium, shan, sm, samoa, son, sign in, suasion, squaw man, SAAME, Shona, six-gun, semen, sesame, Shema, simenon, soman, swine, simoom, sn, Sq In, swoon, som, seism, shimmy, schism, scion, Shinney, sunny, succussion, semi, shoshonian, showman, swan, sen, smew, shim, sonny, seaman, samoan, susquehanna, Shiism, sum, susian, syconium, sana, socinian, sigyn, skein, someway, shoeshine, shammy, sheen, sauna, shawm, sajama, sam, shoshoni, some, saxony, sesamum, shogun, session, swami, saginaw, soignee, scan, schwann, shaggymane, season, saman, shoshonean, shannon, somehow, scam, sea mew, skim, sinewy, shawny, sikkim, soon, sachsen, scheme, sigma, sunni, sisham, saigon, shoo-in, sison, snowy, shmo, senna, schmo, seamy, sun, shinny, scone, sequin, sown, siam, Susiana, SAAMI, suomi, skinny, shaman, seine, snow, sima.