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Shem

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

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Son of Noah. (Genesis 6:10) The genealogy of Shem on account of the promised seed, is more particularly recorded than the other sons of Noah in the Bible. The name of Shem means eminency or renown.

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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Shem'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​pmd/​s/shem.html. London. 1828.
 
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