- Original: שׁהם - Transliteration: Shoham - Phonetic: sho'-ham - Definition: Shoham = onyx 1. a merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah - Origin: the same as H7718 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: the same as H7718 ; Shoham an Israelite: - Shoham. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Shoham, 1 1 Chronicles 24:27