Associations to the word «Shem»

Wiktionary

SHEM, proper noun. (biblical character) The oldest son of Noah, brother to Ham and Japheth.
SHEM, proper noun. A male given name of biblical origin.

Dictionary definition

SHEM, noun. (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne