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Lexicon :: Strong's H7931 - šāḵan

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שָׁכַן
Transliteration
šāḵan
Pronunciation
shaw-kan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [apparently akin (by transmission) to שָׁכַב (H7901) through the idea of lodging]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2387

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x

The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 129x
The KJV translates Strong's H7931 in the following manner: dwell (92x), abide (8x), place (7x), remain (5x), inhabit (4x), rest (3x), set (2x), continue (1x), dwellers (1x), dwelling (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

    1. (Qal)

      1. to settle down to abide

      2. to abide, dwell, reside

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make settle down, establish

      2. to make or cause to dwell

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

      2. to cause to dwell or abide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכַן shâkan, shaw-kan'; a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively):—abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
STRONGS H7931: Abbreviations
שָׁכַן, שָׁכֵ֑ן129 verb settle down, abide, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 43:17d +; Phoenician שכן Lzb375; Aramaic שְׁכֵין; Syriac bdb101404, all dwell; Arabic bdb101405 rest, dwell, compare Assyrian šakânu, set, lay, deposit, set up (a dwelling), intransitive be situated (of city), maškanu, place, dwelling-place); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Exodus 40:35 + 5 times; שָׁכֵ֑ן Deuteronomy 33:12 + 2 times, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁכֹּן Genesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿ Numbers 9:17 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּ Jeremiah 49:31; 3rd person feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּה Ezekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹן Genesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ Psalm 37:3 masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן (Ges§ 45 g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁכּוֹן 2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְנִי Exodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi. 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵן Genesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְנִי (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 + 3 times; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּי Jeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵי Judges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —
1. settle down to abide:
a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 [Psalm 102:28] (absolute: || יִכּוֺן); כמלך שׁ׳ Job 29:25 (|| ישׁב); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטח Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare בין כתפים Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9 (|| שׂמח); בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדד Numbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so Jeremiah 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 (|| תֵּשֵׁב, compare ישׁב 4); with accusitive מרומים Isaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים (We יָֽשְׁנוּ, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ; || נָמוּ); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.
b. of animals: כְּלָבִיא Deuteronomy 33:20; ב location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁם Isaiah 13:21; birds תַּחַת שׁ׳ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, בְּצֵל שׁ׳ Ezekiel 17:23; with עַל = upon Ezekiel 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַע Job 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, אָע֫וּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה Psalm 55:7 [Psalm 55:6].
c. things: with עַל of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:35; Numbers 9:17, Numbers 9:18, Numbers 9:22 (all P); with בְּ Numbers 10:12 (P).
2. abide, dwell:
a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם); שָׁ֫מָּה Isaiah 65:9; with ב location Psalm 69:37 [Psalm 69:36]; Job 18:15; Job 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 + 10 times; לְחוֺף יִמִּים Genesis 49:13; with עַל, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Psalm 37:29; על פני Genesis 16:12 (J); with עִם with Psalm 120:5, Psalm 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:6 + 5 times; מִן ֗֗֗ עַד Genesis 25:18 (J); שֹׁכְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 18:3 (|| ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל).
b. of the dead: שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר Isaiah 26:19 (|| רְפָאִים); compare Job 26:5 (|| id.), so mortals; שֹׁכְנֵי בָתֵּי חֹמֶר Job 4:19; דוּמָה שׁ׳ Psalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול).
c. of God: בָּֽעֲרָפֶל שׁ׳ 1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺם Isaiah 33:5; עַד Isaiah 57:15; מָרוֺם וְקָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 57:15; סְנֶה שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁם Genesis 9:27 (J, see BrMP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָם Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6 times; ב location Psalm 85:10 [Psalm 85:9]; later בְּצִיּוֺן Joel 4:17 [Joel 3:17]; Joel 4:21 [Joel 3:21]; בְּהַר צִיּוֺן Isaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17 [Psalm 68:16]; Psalm 68:19 [Psalm 68:18] (absolute) + 4 times; יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Psalm 135:21.
d. things: אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד, with את Leviticus 16:16 (P); שָׁם מִשְׁכַּן י׳ Joshua 22:19 (P); אוֺר Job 38:19.
e. abstract subject: מִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר); חָכְמָה with accusative עָרְמָה Proverbs 8:12.
† Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁכֵּן Psalm 78:60; 1st person singular שִׁכַּנְתִּי Jeremiah 7:7, Jeremiah 7:12; Imperfect 1st person singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה Jeremiah 7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּן Numbers 14:30 + 7 times; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺ Deuteronomy 12:5 (so read for MT לְשִׁכְנוֺ, compare Köii. l. 21); —
1. make settle down, establish: בָּֽאָדָֽם אֹהֶל שׁ׳ Psalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֺ שָׁם establish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism WklTelAm. 138 Rev. 20; 181. 6) Deuteronomy 12:11; Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 16:2, Deuteronomy 16:6, Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לְשִׁכְנֹו שָׁם אֶת־שְׁמֹו לָשׂוּם H7933 Deuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ).
2. make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3, Jeremiah 7:7.
† Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּי Ezekiel 3:24; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּן Psalm 7:6 [Psalm 7:5], וַיַּשְׁכֵּן Genesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —
1.
a. lay, כבודי לעפר lay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, אהל מועד at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).
b. cause birds to settle, עַל Ezekiel 32:4.
2. cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7932.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 9:27; 14:13; 16:12; 16:12; 25:18; 26:2; 35:22; 49:13

Exodus

24:16; 25:8; 29:45; 29:46; 29:46; 40:35; 40:35

Leviticus

16:16

Numbers

5:3; 9:17; 9:17; 9:18; 9:22; 10:12; 14:30; 14:30; 23:9; 24:2

Deuteronomy

12:5; 12:5; 12:5; 12:11; 14:23; 16:2; 16:6; 16:11; 26:2; 33:12; 33:12; 33:12; 33:16; 33:16; 33:20; 33:28

Joshua

18:1; 22:19

Judges

5:17; 5:17; 8:11

2 Samuel

7:10

1 Kings

8:12

1 Chronicles

17:9

2 Chronicles

6:1; 6:1

Nehemiah

1:9

Job

3:5; 4:19; 11:14; 18:15; 26:5; 29:25; 30:6; 37:8; 38:19; 39:28

Psalms

7:5; 16:9; 37:27; 37:27; 37:29; 55:6; 68:16; 68:18; 69:36; 78:55; 78:55; 78:60; 78:60; 85:9; 94:17; 102:28; 104:12; 120:5; 120:6; 135:21

Proverbs

1:33; 2:21; 7:11; 8:12

Isaiah

8:18; 13:20; 13:21; 18:3; 26:19; 32:16; 33:5; 33:16; 34:11; 57:15; 57:15; 65:9

Jeremiah

7:3; 7:3; 7:7; 7:7; 7:12; 7:12; 17:6; 23:6; 33:16; 46:26; 48:28; 48:28; 49:31; 49:31; 50:39; 51:13; 51:13

Ezekiel

3:24; 17:23; 17:23; 17:23; 31:13; 32:4; 43:9

Joel

3:17; 3:21

Micah

4:10; 7:14

Nahum

3:18

H7931

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Strong's Number H7931 matches the Hebrew שָׁכַן (šāḵan),
which occurs 129 times in 123 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Jer 25:24–Zec 8:8)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:24 - and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the [fn]foreign people who dwell H7931 in the desert,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:16 - ‘In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell H7931 in security; and this is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh is our righteousness.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:26 - “I shall give them into the hand of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards, however, it will be dwelt H7931 in like in the days of old,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:28 -

“Leave the cities and dwell H7931 among the crags,

O inhabitants of Moab,

And be like a dove that nests

Beyond the mouth of the chasm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 -

“As for the terror of you,

The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,

O you who dwell H7931 in the clefts of [fn]the rock,

Who seize the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s,

I will bring you down from there,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 -

“Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease,

Which inhabits its land securely,” declares Yahweh.

“It has no gates or bars;

They dwell H7931 alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:39 -

“Therefore the desert creatures will live there along with the jackals;

The ostriches also will live in it,

And it will never again be lived in

Or dwelt H7931 in H7931 from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 -

O you who dwell H7931 by abundant waters,

Abundant in treasures,

Your end has come,

The [fn]measure of your [fn]end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:23 - “On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may lift up [fn]boughs and yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. And birds of every [fn]kind will dwell H7931 under it; they will dwell H7931 in the shade of its [fn]branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:13 - “On its downfall all the birds of the sky will dwell H7931, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:4 -

“I will abandon you on the land;

I will hurl you on the [fn]open field.

And I will cause all the birds of the sky to dwell H7931 on you,

And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth [fn]with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell H7931 among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the [fn]corpses of their kings [fn]when they die,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:9 - “Now let them put away their harlotry and the [fn]corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell H7931 among them forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:17 -

Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God,

Dwelling H7931 in Zion, My holy mountain.

So Jerusalem will be holy,

And strangers will pass through it no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:21 -

And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged,

Indeed, Yahweh dwells H7931 in Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:3 -

“The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,

You who dwell in the clefts of [fn]the cliff,

In the height of your habitation,

Who says in his heart,

‘Who will bring me down to earth?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:10 -

“Writhe and labor to give birth,

Daughter of Zion,

Like a woman in childbirth;

For now you will go out of the city,

Dwell H7931 in the field,

And go to Babylon.

There you will be delivered;

There Yahweh will redeem you

From the hand of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:14 -

Shepherd Your people with Your scepter,

The flock of Your inheritance

Which dwells H7931 by itself in the forest,

In the midst of [fn]a fruitful orchard.

Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead

As in the ancient days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:18 -

Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria;

Your mighty ones are [fn]lying H7931 down H7931.

Your people are scattered on the mountains,

And there is no one to regather them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:10 - “Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold, I am coming and I will dwell H7931 in your midst,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - “And many nations will join themselves to Yahweh in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell H7931 in your midst, and you will know that Yahweh of hosts has sent Me to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:3 - “Thus says Yahweh, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell H7931 in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of Yahweh of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:8 - and I will bring them back, and they will dwell H7931 in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in [fn]truth and righteousness.’

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