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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

H7931

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Strong's Number H7931 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַן (šāḵan),
which occurs 128 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Jer 25:24–Zec 8:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 - “Leave H5800 the cities H5892 and dwell H7931 among the crags, H5553
O inhabitants H3427 of Moab, H4124
And be like a dove H3123 that nests H7077
Beyond H5676 the mouth H6310 of the chasm. H6354

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The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,
O you who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock, H5553
Who occupy H8610 the height H4791 of the hill. H1389
Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle’s, H5404
I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there,” H8033 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - “Arise, H6965 go H5927 up against H413 a nation H1471 which is at ease, H7961
Which lives H3427 securely,” H983 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068
“It has no H3808 gates H1817 or bars; H1280
They dwell H7931 alone. H910

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 - “Therefore H3651 the desert H6728 creatures H6728 will live H3427 there along H854 with the jackals; H338
The ostriches H3284 also will live H3427 in it,
And it will never H3808 again H5750 be inhabited H3427
Or dwelt H7931 in from generation H1755 to generation. H1755

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 - O you who dwell H7931 by many H7227 waters, H4325
Abundant H7227 in treasures, H214
Your end H7093 has come, H935
The [fn]measure H520 of your [fn]end. H1215

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I will cast H2904 you on the [fn]open H6440 field. H7704
And I will cause all H3605 the birds H5775 of the heavens H8064 to dwell H7931 on you,
And I will satisfy H7646 the beasts H2416 of the whole H3605 earth H776 [fn]with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said H559 to me, “Son H1121 of man, H120 this is the place H4725 of My throne H3678 and the place H4725 of the soles H3709 of My feet, H7272 where H834 H8033 I will dwell H7931 among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 forever. H5769 And the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will not again H5750 defile H2930 My holy H6944 name, H8034 neither they nor H3808 their kings, H4428 by their harlotry H2184 and by the [fn]corpses H6297 of their kings H4428 [fn]when they die, H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:17 - Then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068 your God, H430
Dwelling H7931 in Zion, H6726 My holy H6944 mountain. H2022
So Jerusalem H3389 will be holy, H6944
And strangers H2114 will pass H5674 through it no H3808 more. H5750

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 - And I will avenge H5352 their blood H1818 which I have not avenged, H5352
For the LORD H3068 dwells H7931 in Zion. H6726

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You who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock, H5553
In the loftiness H4791 of your dwelling H7931 place, H7675
Who say H559 in your heart, H3820
‘Who H4310 will bring H3381 me down H3381 to earth?’ H776

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Daughter H1323 of Zion, H6726
Like a woman in childbirth; H3205
For now H6258 you will go H3318 out of the city, H7151
Dwell H7931 in the field, H7704
And go H935 to Babylon. H894
There H8033 you will be rescued; H5337
There H8033 the LORD H3068 will redeem H1350 you
From the hand H3709 of your enemies. H340

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The flock H6629 of Your [fn]possession H5159
Which dwells H7931 by itself H910 in the woodland, H3293
In the midst H8432 of [fn]a fruitful H3759 field. H3759
Let them feed H7462 in Bashan H1316 and Gilead H1568
As in the days H3117 of old. H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 - Your shepherds H7462 are sleeping, H5123 O king H4428 of Assyria; H804
Your nobles H117 are lying H7931 down. H7931
Your people H5971 are scattered H6335 on the mountains H2022
And there H369 is no H369 one H369 to regather H6908 them.

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