Bible Dictionary: Sham

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.

2. (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering.

3. (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.

4. (v. t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.

5. (v. t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.

6. (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

7. (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.

Strong's Hebrew

8033. sham -- there, thither
... 8032b, 8033. sham. 8034 . there, thither. Transliteration: sham Phonetic Spelling:
(shawm) Short Definition: there. ... 8032b, 8033. sham. 8034 . ...
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816. asham -- to offend, be guilty
... 815, 816. asham. 817 . to offend, be guilty. Transliteration: asham Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-sham') Short Definition: guilty. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3456. yasham -- to be desolate
... 3455, 3456. yasham. 3457 . to be desolate. Transliteration: yasham Phonetic
Spelling: (yaw-sham') Short Definition: appalled. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8125. Shamsheray -- a Benjamite
... 8124, 8125. Shamsheray. 8126 . a Benjamite. Transliteration: Shamsheray Phonetic
Spelling: (sham-sher-ah'-ee) Short Definition: Shamsherai. ...
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1652. gasham -- to rain
... 1651, 1652. gasham. 1653 . to rain. Transliteration: gasham Phonetic Spelling:
(gaw-sham') Short Definition: rain. Word Origin denominative ...
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8047. shammah -- waste, horror
... 8046b, 8047. shammah. 8048 . waste, horror. Transliteration: shammah
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw') Short Definition: desolation. ...
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8051. Shammua -- three Israelites
... 8050, 8051. Shammua. 8052 . three Israelites. Transliteration: Shammua
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-moo'-ah) Short Definition: Shammua. ...
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8048. Shammah -- an Edomite, also several Israelites
... 8047, 8048. Shammah. 8049 . an Edomite, also several Israelites. Transliteration:
Shammah Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw') Short Definition: Shammah. ...
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8037. Shamma -- an Asherite
... 8036, 8037. Shamma. 8038 . an Asherite. Transliteration: Shamma Phonetic
Spelling: (sham-maw') Short Definition: Shamma. Word Origin ...
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8049. Shamhuth -- a captain of Isr.
... 8048, 8049. Shamhuth. 8050 . a captain of Isr. Transliteration: Shamhuth
Phonetic Spelling: (sham-hooth') Short Definition: Shamhuth. ...
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Library

We Hear Much of the Human Error which Accepts what is Sham and ...
... Chapter 20 We hear much of the human error which accepts what is sham and
what is� We hear much of the human error which accepts ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 20 we hear much.htm

To the Smyrnaeans
... It is not as some unbelievers say, that his Passion was a sham. It's they who are
a sham! ... 2If what our Lord did is a sham, so is my being in chains. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/to the smyrnaeans.htm

The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
... of the clergy, who would not be parted from their youthful, agapetæ, or give up
their cringing to the wealthy and powerful; and by all the sham widows, and ...
/.../chapter xxxvii the world the.htm

All Right or all Wrong.
... to heaven by culture"by refinement." "Well," said I, "If I didn't preach those texts,
and only preached culture, the whole thing would be a sham." "And it is ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/all right or all wrong.htm

Liberty.
... only 40 miles to Liberty.' Now, why don't you take that road and go there?" The
old man's countenance changed, and he said, "Oh, young massa, that is all a sham ...
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Psalm 31
... 8,6,8,6. ^1In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,. sham'd let me never be; According to
thy righteousness. ... for on thee call'dI:have: Let wicked men be sham'd, let them ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 31.htm

Psalm 70
... with speed, Lord, succour me. ^2Let them that for my soul do seek. sham'd and
confounded be: Let them be turned back, and sham'd,. that in my hurt delight. ...
/.../anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 70 2.htm

Psalm 70
... with speed, Lord, succour me. ^2Let them that for my soul do seek. sham'd and
confounded be: Turn'd back be they, and sham'd,. that in my hurt delight. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/scottish psalter and paraphrases/psalm 70.htm

To the Trallians
... 10 And if, as some atheists (I mean unbelievers) say, his suffering was a sham
(it's really they who are a sham!), why, then, am Ia prisoner? ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/richardson/early christian fathers/to the trallians.htm

The Church of Notre Dame De Lorette in Paris with Its Yellow ...
... paint their faces, to suit those whose lives are all paint and masquerade,"and the
"Lorette" is just the happy medium of a church where, Sham being written ...
/.../corelli/the master-christian/xiii the church of notre.htm

Thesaurus

Sham (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A false front, or removable ornamental covering. 3. (a.) False; counterfeit;
pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight. ...Sham (1 Occurrence). ...
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Sham'mua (1 Occurrence)
Sham'mua. Shammua, Sham'mua. Sham'mu-a . Multi-Version Concordance
Sham'mua (1 Occurrence). Nehemiah 11:17 and Mattaniah ...
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Sham'mu-a (3 Occurrences)
Sham'mu-a. Sham'mua, Sham'mu-a. Shammu'a . Multi-Version Concordance
Sham'mu-a (3 Occurrences). Numbers 13:4 And these ...
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Sham'sherai (1 Occurrence)
Sham'sherai. Shamsherai, Sham'sherai. Shan . Multi-Version
Concordance Sham'sherai (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 8:26 ...
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Sham'mai (4 Occurrences)
Sham'mai. Shammai, Sham'mai. Shammai's . Multi-Version Concordance
Sham'mai (4 Occurrences). 1 Chronicles 2:28 And the ...
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Sham'mai's (1 Occurrence)
Sham'mai's. Shammai's, Sham'mai's. Shammoth . Multi-Version
Concordance Sham'mai's (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 2:32 ...
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Damascus (58 Occurrences)
... Its modern name is Esh-Sham; ie, "the East.". ... The Arabic name is Dimashk esh-Sham
("Damascus of Syria") usually contrasted to Esh-Sham simply. ...
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Shammoth (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHAMMOTH. sham'-oth, sham'-oth. See SHAMMAH,
(4). Multi-Version Concordance Shammoth (1 Occurrence). ...
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Shamsherai (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHAMSHERAI. sham'-she-ri, sham-she-ra'-i (shamsheray):
A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:26). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Shammua (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHAMMUA; SHAMMUAH. sha-mu'-a, sham'-ua (shammua`):
(1) The Reubenite spy (Numbers 13:4, Samouel, and other forms). ...
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Bible Concordance

Sham (1 Occurrence)

2 Corinthians 11:13 For men of this stamp are sham apostles, dishonest workmen, assuming the garb of Apostles of Christ.
(WEY)

Subtopics

Sham

Related Terms

Sham'mua (1 Occurrence)

Sham'mu-a (3 Occurrences)

Sham'sherai (1 Occurrence)

Sham'mai (4 Occurrences)

Sham'mai's (1 Occurrence)

Damascus (58 Occurrences)