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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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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 - pertransivit Abram terram usque ad locum Sychem usque ad convallem Inlustrem Chananeus autem tunc erat in terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - transivitque in Salem urbem Sycimorum quae est in terra Chanaan postquam regressus est de Mesopotamiam Syriae et habitavit iuxta oppidum

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - emitque partem agri in qua fixerat tabernaculum a filiis Emor patris Sychem centum agnis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - quam cum vidisset Sychem filius Emor Evei princeps terrae illius adamavit et rapuit et dormivit cum illa vi opprimens virginem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - et pergens ad Emor patrem suum accipe mihi inquit puellam hanc coniugem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - egresso autem Emor patre Sychem ut loqueretur ad Iacob

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - locutus est itaque Emor ad eos Sychem filii mei adhesit anima filiae vestrae date eam illi uxorem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - sed et Sychem ad patrem et ad fratres eius ait inveniam gratiam coram vobis et quaecumque statueritis dabo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - responderunt filii Iacob Sychem et patri eius in dolo saevientes ob stuprum sororis

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - placuit oblatio eorum Emor et Sychem filio eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - ingressique portam urbis locuti sunt populo

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - adsensi sunt omnes circumcisis cunctis maribus

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - Emor et Sychem pariter necaverunt tollentes Dinam de domo Sychem sororem suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - dederunt ergo ei omnes deos alienos quos habebant et inaures quae erant in auribus eorum at ille infodit ea subter terebinthum quae est post urbem Sychem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - cumque fratres illius in pascendis gregibus patris morarentur in Sychem

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - dixit ad eum Israhel fratres tui pascunt oves in Sycimis veni mittam te ad eos quo respondente

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - praesto sum ait vade et vide si cuncta prospera sint erga fratres tuos et pecora et renuntia mihi quid agatur missus de valle Hebron venit in Sychem
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