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Lexicon :: Strong's H7927 - šᵊḵem

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שְׁכֶם
Transliteration
šᵊḵem
Pronunciation
shek-em'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as שְׁכֶם (H7926)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2386b

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁכֶם Shᵉkem, shek-em'; the same as H7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine:—Shechem.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H7927 in the following manner: Shechem (61x), Sichem (1x), Strong's synonym for consent (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H7927 in the following manner: Shechem (61x), Sichem (1x), Strong's synonym for consent (1x).

  1. Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival

      proper locative noun

    2. a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁכֶם Shᵉkem, shek-em'; the same as H7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine:—Shechem.
STRONGS H7927: Abbreviations
† II. שְׁכֶם proper name, of a location49 and masculine14 (Συχεμ; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) often Σίκιμα Lag BN 57):
1. district in Northern Palestine (probably shoulder (saddle ?) of mountain); — מְקוֺם שׁ׳ Genesis 12:6, שְׁכֶ֑מָךְ Genesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם, Hosea 6:9 שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ) Joshua 24:1; עִיר שׁ׳ Genesis 33:18 + 20 times Judges 9 (בַּעֲלֵי שׁ׳ Genesis 33:2 + 12 times, מִגְדַּלשֿׁ׳ ב׳ Genesis 33:46; Genesis 33:47), Hosea 6:9 + 21 times (עִיר שׁ׳ Genesis 33:18); city of refuge Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:52. — WMMAs.u.Eur.394, compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare JenZA x (1895) 356); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see BuhlG 200 f. GASmG 332 ff. 345 WilsonsHast. DB SHECHEM.
2. proper name, masculine (on connection with 1 compare Judges 9:28), 'son' of Hamor, also Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2 + 10 times 34, Joshua 24:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:6; 33:2; 33:18; 33:18; 33:19; 34:2; 37:14

Joshua

20:7; 21:21; 24:1; 24:3

Judges

9; 9:28

1 Chronicles

6:52

Hosea

6:9; 6:9

H7927

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Strong's Number H7927 matches the Hebrew שְׁכֶם (šᵊḵem),
which occurs 63 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:6–2Ch 10:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and [fn]took up a position in front of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - And Sychem the son of Emmor the [fn]Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and [fn]destroyed them to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to him, Behold, I am here.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - And the borders of the sons of Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to the borders even to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain of Thaphthoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - And [fn]Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount [fn]Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried them in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech son of Jerobaal went to Sychem to his mother's brethren; and he spoke to them and to all the kindred of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which is better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's brethren spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Sychem all these words; and their heart turned after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak [fn]of Sedition, which was at Sicima.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Sicima, and God shall hear you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - and ye are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Sicima, because he is your brother:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Beth-maalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Beth-maalo, and devour Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Sicima; and the men of Sicima [fn]dealt treacherously [fn]with the house of Abimelech:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who slew them, and upon the men of Sicima, because they strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Sicima set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed every one who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the king Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - And Gaal son of Jobel came, and his brethren, and passed by Sicima, and the men of Sicima trusted in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerobaal, and is not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Jobel and his brethren are come to Sychem; and behold, they have besieged the city against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And Abimelech and all the people with him rose up by night, and formed an ambuscade against Sychem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abimelech entered into Arema, and Zebul cast out Gaal and his brethren, so that they should not dwell in Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the [fn]gathering of Bæthel-berith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Sychem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burnt the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Sicima, about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - And all the wickedness of the men of Sychem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - And they said, Lo! now there is a feast of the Lord [fn]from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Bæthel, eastward on the way that goes up from Bæthel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1 - And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - (LXX 6:52) And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - And their possession and their dwelling were Bæthel and her towns, to the east Noaran, westward Gazer and her towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 - And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king.

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