Bible Dictionary

Shoham

The name Shoham means “keeping back”.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(onyx), a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. (1 Chronicles 24:27) (B.C.1043.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

sho'-ham (shoham, "onyx"; Codex Vaticanus Isoam; Codex Alexandrinus Issoam): One of the sons of Merari (1Ch 24:27).