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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.
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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 H87 passed through H5674 the land H776 unto the place H4725 of Sichem, H7927 unto the plain H436 of Moreh. H4176 And the Canaanite H3669 was then H227 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob H3290 came H935 to Shalem, H8004 a city H5892 of Shechem, H7927 which is in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 when he came H935 from Padanaram; H6307 and pitched his tent H2583 before H6440 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - And he bought H7069 a parcel H2513 of a field, H7704 where he had spread H5186 his tent, H168 at the hand H3027 of the children H1121 of Hamor, H2544 Shechem's H7927 father, H1 for an hundred H3967 pieces of money. H7192

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - And when Shechem H7927 the son H1121 of Hamor H2544 the Hivite, H2340 prince H5387 of the country, H776 saw H7200 her, he took H3947 her, and lay H7901 with her, and defiled her. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem H7927 spake H559 unto his father H1 Hamor, H2544 saying, H559 Get H3947 me this damsel H3207 to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 went out H3318 unto Jacob H3290 to commune H1696 with H854 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Hamor H2544 communed H1696 with them, saying, H559 The soul H5315 of my son H1121 Shechem H7927 longeth H2836 for your daughter: H1323 I pray you give H5414 her him to wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Shechem H7927 said H559 unto her father H1 and unto her brethren, H251 Let me find H4672 grace H2580 in your eyes, H5869 and what ye shall say H559 unto me I will give. H5414

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 answered H6030 Shechem H7927 and Hamor H2544 his father H1 deceitfully, H4820 and said, H1696 because he had defiled H2930 Dinah H1783 their sister: H269

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - And their words H1697 pleased H3190 H5869 Hamor, H2544 and Shechem H7927 Hamor's H2544 son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Hamor H2544 and Shechem H7927 his son H1121 came H935 unto the gate H8179 of their city, H5892 and communed H1696 with the men H582 of their city, H5892 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And unto Hamor H2544 and unto Shechem H7927 his son H1121 hearkened H8085 all that went out H3318 of the gate H8179 of his city; H5892 and every male H2145 was circumcised, H4135 all that went out H3318 of the gate H8179 of his city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew H2026 Hamor H2544 and Shechem H7927 his son H1121 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 and took H3947 ➔ Dinah H1783 out H3947 of Shechem's H7927 house, H1004 and went out. H3318

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave H5414 unto Jacob H3290 all the strange H5236 gods H430 which were in their hand, H3027 and all their earrings H5141 which were in their ears; H241 and Jacob H3290 hid H2934 them under the oak H424 which was by Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren H251 went H3212 to feed H7462 their father's H1 flock H6629 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel H3478 said H559 unto Joseph, H3130 Do not thy brethren H251 feed H7462 the flock in Shechem? H7927 come, H3212 and I will send thee H7971 unto them. And he said H559 to him, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And he said H559 to him, Go, H3212 I pray thee, see H7200 whether it be well H7965 with thy brethren, H251 and well H7965 with the flocks; H6629 and bring H7725 ➔ me word H1697 again. H7725 So he sent H7971 him out of the vale H6010 of Hebron, H2275 and he came H935 to Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - And the coast H1366 of Manasseh H4519 was from Asher H836 to Michmethah, H4366 that lieth before H6440 Shechem; H7927 and the border H1366 went along H1980 on the right hand H3225 unto the inhabitants H3427 of Entappuah. H5887

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - And they appointed H6942 Kedesh H6943 in Galilee H1551 in mount H2022 Naphtali, H5321 and Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and Kirjatharba, H7153 which is Hebron, H2275 in the mountain H2022 of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - For they gave H5414 them Shechem H7927 with her suburbs H4054 in mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 to be a city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the slayer; H7523 and Gezer H1507 with her suburbs, H4054

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - And Joshua H3091 gathered H622 all the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to Shechem, H7927 and called H7121 for the elders H2205 of Israel, H3478 and for their heads, H7218 and for their judges, H8199 and for their officers; H7860 and they presented H3320 themselves before H6440 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua H3091 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with the people H5971 that day, H3117 and set H7760 them a statute H2706 and an ordinance H4941 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the bones H6106 of Joseph, H3130 which the children H1121 of Israel H3478 brought up H5927 out of Egypt, H4714 buried H6912 they in Shechem, H7927 in a parcel H2513 of ground H7704 which Jacob H3290 bought H7069 of the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for an hundred H3967 pieces of silver: H7192 and it became the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Joseph. H3130

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine H6370 that was in Shechem, H7927 she also bare H3205 him a son, H1121 whose name H8034 he called H7760 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 went H3212 to Shechem H7927 unto his mother's H517 brethren, H251 and communed H1696 with them, and with all the family H4940 of the house H1004 of his mother's H517 father, H1 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - Speak, H1696 I pray you, in the ears H241 of all the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 Whether is better H2896 for you, either that all the sons H1121 of Jerubbaal, H3378 which are threescore and ten H7657 persons, H376 reign H4910 over you, or that one H259 reign H4910 over you? remember H2142 also that I am your bone H6106 and your flesh. H1320

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's H517 brethren H251 spake H1696 of him in the ears H241 of all the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 all these words: H1697 and their hearts H3820 inclined H5186 to follow H310 Abimelech; H40 for they said, H559 He is our brother. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 gathered together, H622 and all the house H1004 of Millo, H4407 H1037 and went, H3212 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king, H4428 by the plain H436 of the pillar H5324 that was in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - And when they told H5046 it to Jotham, H3147 he went H3212 and stood H5975 in the top H7218 of mount H2022 Gerizim, H1630 and lifted up H5375 his voice, H6963 and cried, H7121 and said H559 unto them, Hearken H8085 unto me, ye men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 that God H430 may hearken H8085 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - And ye are risen up H6965 against my father's H1 house H1004 this day, H3117 and have slain H2026 his sons, H1121 threescore and ten H7657 persons, H376 upon one H259 stone, H68 and have made Abimelech, H40 the son H1121 of his maidservant, H519 king H4427 over the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because he is your brother;) H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - But if not, let fire H784 come out H3318 from Abimelech, H40 and devour H398 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and the house H1004 of Millo; H4407 H1037 and let fire H784 come out H3318 from the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and from the house H1004 of Millo, H4407 H1037 and devour H398 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - Then God H430 sent H7971 an evil H7451 spirit H7307 between Abimelech H40 and the men H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 dealt treacherously H898 with Abimelech: H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - That the cruelty H2555 done to the threescore and ten H7657 sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 might come, H935 and their blood H1818 be laid H7760 upon Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 which slew H2026 them; and upon the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 which aided H2388 H3027 him in the killing H2026 of his brethren. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 set H7760 liers in wait H693 for him in the top H7218 of the mountains, H2022 and they robbed H1497 all that came H5674 along that way H1870 by them: and it was told H5046 Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - And Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 came H935 with his brethren, H251 and went over H5674 to Shechem: H7927 and the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 put their confidence H982 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said, H559 Who is Abimelech, H40 and who is Shechem, H7927 that we should serve H5647 him? is not he the son H1121 of Jerubbaal? H3378 and Zebul H2083 his officer? H6496 serve H5647 the men H582 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem: H7927 for why should we serve H5647 him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto Abimelech H40 privily, H8649 saying, H559 Behold, Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 and his brethren H251 be come H935 to Shechem; H7927 and, behold, they fortify H6696 the city H5892 against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And Abimelech H40 rose up, H6965 and all the people H5971 that were with him, by night, H3915 and they laid wait H693 against Shechem H7927 in four H702 companies. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Gaal H1603 went out H3318 before H6440 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 and fought H3898 with Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abimelech H40 dwelt H3427 at Arumah: H725 and Zebul H2083 thrust out H1644 Gaal H1603 and his brethren, H251 that they should not dwell H3427 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - And when all the men H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 heard H8085 that, they entered H935 into an hold H6877 of the house H1004 of the god H410 Berith. H1286

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - And it was told H5046 Abimelech, H40 that all the men H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 were gathered together. H6908

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - And all the people H5971 likewise cut down H3772 every man H376 his bough, H7754 and followed H3212 H310 Abimelech, H40 and put H7760 them to the hold, H6877 and set H3341 the hold H6877 on fire H784 upon them; so that all the men H582 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 died H4191 also, about a thousand H505 men H376 and women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - And all the evil H7451 of the men H582 of Shechem H7927 did God H430 render H7725 upon their heads: H7218 and upon them came H935 the curse H7045 of Jotham H3147 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal. H3378

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - Then they said, H559 Behold, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 in Shiloh H7887 yearly H3117 H3117 in a place which is on the north side H6828 of Bethel, H1008 on the east side H4217 H8121 of the highway H4546 that goeth up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem, H7927 and on the south H5045 of Lebonah. H3829

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - Then Jeroboam H3379 built H1129 Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim, H669 and dwelt H3427 therein; and went out H3318 from thence, and built H1129 Penuel. H6439

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - And they gave H5414 unto them, of the cities H5892 of refuge, H4733 Shechem H7927 in mount H2022 Ephraim H669 with her suburbs; H4054 they gave also Gezer H1507 with her suburbs, H4054

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - And their possessions H272 and habitations H4186 were, Bethel H1008 and the towns H1323 thereof, and eastward H4217 Naaran, H5295 and westward H4628 Gezer, H1507 with the towns H1323 thereof; Shechem H7927 also and the towns H1323 thereof, unto Gaza H5804 and the towns H1323 thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 - And Rehoboam H7346 went H3212 to Shechem: H7927 for to Shechem H7927 were all Israel H3478 come H935 to make him king. H4427

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