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H7718 · שֹׁהַם

shôham · sho'-ham · onyx, a gem

H7718 (shôham, pronounced sho'-ham) is the Hebrew word שֹׁהַם in Strong’s dictionary: a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color). It appears 11 times in 11 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
שֹׁהַם (Hebrew)
Transliteration
shôham
Pronunciation
sho'-ham
Derivation
from an unused root probably mean to blanch;
Definition
a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color)
Rendered in the KJV
onyx.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

11 occurrences in 11 verses (8 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

Genesis 1 · Exodus 7 · 1 Chronicles 1 · Job 1 · Ezekiel 1

Verses

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