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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 passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite is then in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, 'Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - and Israel saith unto Joseph, 'Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, 'Here am I;'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - and he saith to him, 'Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.
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