Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shem' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shem' in the standard works and contain 37.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Gen. 11:10-11 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 9:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 10:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 17 104 121
NT 0 0 0
BM 3 7 10
Mosiah 0 5 5
Alma 0 1 1
3 Ne. 0 1 1
Morm. 3 0 3
DC 1 0 1
PGP 3 1 4
TOTAL 24 112 136

Morm. 2:20
And it came to pass that in this year the people of Nephi again were hunted and driven. And it came to pass that we were driven forth until we had come northward to the land which was called Shem.

Morm. 2:21
And it came to pass that we did fortify the city of Shem, and we did gather in our people as much as it were possible, that perhaps we might save them from destruction.

Morm. 6:14
And Lamah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Gilgal had fallen with his ten thousand; and Limhah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Jeneum had fallen with his ten thousand; and Cumenihah, and Moronihah, and Antionum, and Shiblom, and Shem, and Josh, had fallen with their ten thousand each.