A name from Scripture
Shem
SHEM
Meaning
Name; Fame; Renown
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis
What it points to
Shem carries the weight of divine election — chosen to bear the lineage through which the Savior of the world would come.
Verses · King James Version
“And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem.”
Genesis 9:26
“Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem.”
Luke 3:36