Help QuickNav Adv. Options
DBY

DBY

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H7927 - šᵊḵem

Choose a new font size and typeface
שְׁכֶם
Transliteration
šᵊḵem
Pronunciation
shek-em'
Listen
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7927 matches the Hebrew שְׁכֶם (šᵊḵem),
which occurs 18 times in 17 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came safely to the city Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-Aram; and he encamped before the city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - And he bought the portion of the field where he had spread his tent, of the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred kesitahs.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke -- because he had defiled Dinah their sister --

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised -- all that went out at the gate of his city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that is by Shechem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Shechem.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock at Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see after the welfare of thy brethren, and after the welfare of the flock; and bring me word again. And he sent him out of the vale of Hebron; and he came towards Shechem.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
DBY
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
DBY
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan