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Lexicon :: Strong's H7931 - šāḵan

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שָׁכַן
Transliteration
šāḵan
Pronunciation
shaw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב (H7901) through the idea of lodging]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2387

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x

The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x
The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

    1. (Qal)

      1. to settle down to abide

      2. to abide, dwell, reside

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make settle down, establish

      2. to make or cause to dwell

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

      2. to cause to dwell or abide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
STRONGS H7931: Abbreviations
שָׁכַן, שָׁכֵ֑ן129 verb settle down, abide, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 43:17d +; Phoenician שכן Lzb375; Aramaic שְׁכֵין; Syriac bdb101404, all dwell; Arabic bdb101405 rest, dwell, compare Assyrian šakânu, set, lay, deposit, set up (a dwelling), intransitive be situated (of city), maškanu, place, dwelling-place); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 40:35 + 5 times; שָׁכֵ֑ן Deuteronomy 33:12 + 2 times, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁכֹּן Genesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿ Numbers 9:17 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּ Jeremiah 49:31; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּה Ezekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹן Genesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ Psalm 37:3 masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן (Ges§ 45 g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁכּוֹן 2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְנִי Exodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi. 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵן Genesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְנִי (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 + 3 times; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּי Jeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵי Judges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —
1. settle down to abide:
a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 [Psalm 102:28] (absolute: || יִכּוֺן); כמלך שׁ׳ Job 29:25 (|| ישׁב); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטח Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare בין כתפים Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9 (|| שׂמח); בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדד Numbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 (|| תֵּשֵׁב, compare ישׁב 4); with accusitive מרומים Isaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים (We יָֽשְׁנוּ, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ; || נָמוּ); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.
b. of animals: כְּלָבִיא Deuteronomy 33:20; ב location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁם Isaiah 13:21; birds תַּחַת שׁ׳ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, בְּצֵל שׁ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; with עַל = upon Ezekiel 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַע Job 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, אָע֫וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6].
c. things: with עַל of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:17, Numbers 9:18, Numbers 9:22 (all P); with בְּ Numbers 10:12 (P).
2. abide, dwell:
a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם); שָׁ֫מָּה Isaiah 65:9; with ב location Psalm 69:37 [Psalm 69:36]; Job 18:15; Job 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 + 10 times; לְחוֺף יִמִּים Genesis 49:13; with עַל, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Psalm 37:29; על פני Genesis 16:12 (J); with עִם with Psalm 120:5, Psalm 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:6 + 5 times; מִן ֗֗֗ עַד Genesis 25:18 (J); שֹׁכְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 18:3 (|| ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל).
b. of the dead: שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר Isaiah 26:19 (|| רְפָאִים); compare Job 26:5 (|| id.), so mortals; שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19; דוּמָה שׁ׳ Psalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול).
c. of God: בָּֽעֲרָפֶל שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺם Isaiah 33:5; עַד Isaiah 57:15; מָרוֺם וְקָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 57:15; סְנֶה שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁם Genesis 9:27 (J, see BrMP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָם Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6 times; ב location Psalm 85:10 [Psalm 85:9]; later בְּצִיּוֺן Joel 4:17 [Joel 3:17]; Joel 4:21 [Joel 3:21]; בְּהַר צִיּוֺן Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17 [Psalm 68:16]; Psalm 68:19 [Psalm 68:18] (absolute) + 4 times; יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psalm 135:21.
d. things: אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד, with את Leviticus 16:16 (P); שָׁם מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); אוֺר Job 38:19.
e. abstract subject: מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר); חָכְמָה with accusative עָרְמָה Proverbs 8:12.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁכֵּן Psalm 78:60; 1st person singular שִׁכַּנְתִּי Jeremiah 7:7, Jeremiah 7:12; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה Jeremiah 7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּן Numbers 14:30 + 7 times; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (so read for MT לְשִׁכְנוֺ, compare Köii. l. 21); —
1. make settle down, establish: בָּֽאָדָֽם אֹהֶל שׁ׳ Psalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם establish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism WklTelAm. 138 Rev. 20; 181. 6) Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לְשִׁכְנֹו שָׁם אֶת־שְׁמֹו לָשׂוּם H7933 Deuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ).
2. make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:7.
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּי Ezekiel 3:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּן Psalm 7:6 [Psalm 7:5], וַיַּשְׁכֵּן Genesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —
1.
a. lay, כבודי לעפר lay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, אהל מועד at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).
b. cause birds to settle, עַל Ezekiel 32:4.
2. cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7932.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 9:27; 14:13; 16:12; 16:12; 25:18; 26:2; 35:22; 49:13

Exodus

24:16; 25:8; 29:45; 29:46; 29:46; 40:35; 40:35

Leviticus

16:16

Numbers

5:3; 9:17; 9:17; 9:18; 9:22; 10:12; 14:30; 14:30; 23:9; 24:2

Deuteronomy

12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:11; 14:23; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 26:2; 33:12; 33:12; 33:12; 33:16; 33:16; 33:20; 33:28

Joshua

18:1; 22:19

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 8:11

2 Samuel

7:10

1 Kings

8:12

1 Chronicles

17:9

2 Chronicles

6:1; 6:1

Nehemiah

1:9

Job

3:5; 4:19; 11:14; 18:15; 26:5; 29:25; 30:6; 37:8; 38:19; 39:28

Psalms

7:5; 16:9; 37:27; 37:27; 37:29; 55:6; 68:16; 68:18; 69:36; 78:55; 78:55; 78:60; 78:60; 85:9; 94:17; 102:28; 104:12; 120:5; 120:6; 135:21

Proverbs

1:33; 2:21; 7:11; 8:12

Isaiah

8:18; 13:20; 13:21; 18:3; 26:19; 32:16; 33:5; 33:16; 34:11; 57:15; 57:15; 65:9

Jeremiah

7:3; 7:3; 7:7; 7:7; 7:12; 7:12; 17:6; 23:6; 33:16; 46:26; 48:28; 48:28; 49:31; 49:31; 50:39; 51:13; 51:13

Ezekiel

3:24; 17:23; 17:23; 17:23; 31:13; 32:4; 43:9

Joel

3:17; 3:21

Micah

4:10; 7:14

Nahum

3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7931 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַן (šāḵan),
which occurs 129 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Job 29:25–Jer 23:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:25 -

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,

And lived H7931 as a king among the troops,

As one who comforted the mourners.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:6 -

So that they live H7931 on the slopes of ravines,

In holes in the ground and among the rocks.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:8 -

“Then the animal goes into its lair

And remains H7931 in its [fn]den.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 -

“Where is the way to the dwelling H7931 of light?

And darkness, where is its place,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:28 -

“He dwells H7931 and spends his nights on the cliff,

On the rocky cliff, an inaccessible place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life to the ground

And lay H7931 my glory in the dust. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:1 -

A Psalm of David.

LORD, who may reside in Your tent?

Who may settle H7931 on Your holy hill?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 -

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;

My flesh also will dwell H7931 securely.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:3 -

Trust in the LORD and do good;

Live H7931 in H7931 the land and [fn]cultivate faithfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:27 -

Turn from evil and do good,

So that you will dwell H7931 forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:29 -

The righteous will inherit the land

And dwell H7931 in it forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:6 -

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and [fn]be H7931 at H7931 rest H7931.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:4 -

Blessed is the one You choose and allow to approach You;

He will dwell H7931 in H7931 Your courtyards.

We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,

Your holy temple.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 -

God [fn]makes a home for the lonely;

He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only the rebellious live H7931 in H7931 parched lands.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:16 -

Why do you look with envy, you mountains of many peaks,

At the mountain God has desired as His dwelling?

Indeed, the LORD will dwell H7931 there forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:18 -

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;

You have received gifts among people,

Even among the rebellious as well, that [fn]the LORD God may dwell H7931 there.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 -

The [fn]descendants of His servants will inherit it,

And those who love His name will live H7931 in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:2 -

Remember Your congregation, which You purchased of old,

Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance;

And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt H7931.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:55 -

He also drove out the nations from them

And apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement,

And had the tribes of Israel dwell H7931 in their tents.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:60 -

So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh,

The tent [fn]which He had pitched H7931 among people,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:9 -

Certainly His salvation is near to those who [fn]fear Him,

That glory may dwell H7931 in our land.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 -

If the LORD had not been my help,

My soul would soon have dwelt H7931 in the land of silence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:28 -

“The children of Your servants will continue H7931,

And their [fn]descendants will be established before You.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:12 -

The birds of the sky dwell H7931 [fn]beside them;

They [fn]lift up their voices from among the branches.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:5 -

Woe to me, for I reside in Meshech,

For I have settled H7931 among the tents of Kedar!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 120:6 -

Too long has my soul had its dwelling H7931

With those who hate peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:21 -

Blessed be the LORD from Zion,

Who dwells H7931 in H7931 Jerusalem.

[fn]Praise [fn]the LORD!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:9 -

If I take up the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell H7931 in the remotest part of the sea,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 -

“But whoever listens to me will live H7931 securely

And will be at ease from the dread of evil.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:21 -

For the upright will live H7931 in H7931 the land,

And the blameless will remain in it;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:11 -

She is boisterous and rebellious,

Her feet do not remain H7931 at home;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:12 -

“I, wisdom, dwell H7931 with prudence,

And I find knowledge and discretion.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:30 -

The righteous will never be shaken,

But the wicked will not live H7931 in H7931 the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:18 - Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of armies, who dwells H7931 on Mount Zion.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:20 -

It will never be inhabited or lived H7931 in H7931 from generation to generation;

Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there,

Nor will shepherds allow their flocks to lie down there.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:21 -

But desert creatures will lie down there,

And their houses will be full of [fn]owls;

Ostriches also will live H7931 there, and [fn]shaggy goats will frolic there.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:3 -

All you who inhabit the world, and live H7931 on earth,

As soon as a flag is raised on the mountains, you will see it,

And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:19 -

Your dead will live;

[fn]Their corpses will rise.

You who lie H7931 in H7931 the dust, awake and shout for joy,

For your dew is as the dew of the [fn]dawn,

And the earth will [fn]give birth to the [fn]departed spirits.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:16 -

Then justice will dwell H7931 in the wilderness,

And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:5 -

The LORD is exalted, for He dwells H7931 on high;

He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:16 -

He will dwell H7931 on the heights,

His refuge will be the [fn]impregnable rock;

His bread will be given him,

His water will be sure.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 -

But [fn]pelican and hedgehog will possess it,

And [fn]owl and raven will dwell H7931 in it;

And He will stretch over it the line of [fn]desolation

And the [fn]plumb line of emptiness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:17 -

He has cast the lot for them,

And His hand has divided it to them by the measuring line.

They shall possess it forever;

From generation to generation they will dwell H7931 in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:15 -

For this is what the high and exalted One

Who [fn]lives H7931 forever, whose name is Holy, says:

“I dwell H7931 in a high and holy place,

And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit

In order to revive the spirit of the lowly

And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:9 -

“I will bring forth [fn]offspring from Jacob,

And an heir of My mountains from Judah;

My chosen ones shall inherit it,

And My servants will live H7931 there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:3 - This is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live H7931 in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:7 - then I will let you live H7931 in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 -

“But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell H7931 at the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 -

“For he will be like a bush in the desert,

And will not see when prosperity comes,

But will live H7931 in H7931 stony wastes in the wilderness,

A land of salt that is not inhabited.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6 -

“In His days Judah will be saved,

And Israel will live H7931 securely;

And this is His name by which He will be called,

‘The LORD Our Righteousness.’


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