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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)
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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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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - And Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem H7927, to the [fn]oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

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Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem H7927, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and he camped before the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - Then he bought a portion of a field where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s H7927 father, for one hundred [fn]qesitah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - Then Shechem H7927 the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - So Shechem H7927 spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - Then Hamor the father of Shechem H7927 went out to Jacob to speak with him.

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But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem H7927 longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Shechem H7927 also said to her father and to her brothers, “If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

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But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem H7927 and his father Hamor with deceit, and thus they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 -

Now their words seemed good in the sight of Hamor and Shechem H7927, Hamor’s son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - So Hamor and his son Shechem H7927 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 who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem H7927, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem H7927 with the edge of the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s H7927 house and went away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which [fn]they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the [fn]oak which was near Shechem H7927.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 -

Then his brothers went to pasture their father’s flock in Shechem H7927.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem H7927? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[fn]I will go.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said to him, “Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem H7927.
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