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Lexicon :: Strong's H7926 - šᵊḵem

Aa
שְׁכֶם
Transliteration
šᵊḵem
Pronunciation
shek-em'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2386a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁכֶם shᵉkem, shek-em'; from H7925; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill:—back, × consent, portion, shoulder.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H7926 in the following manner: shoulder (17x), back (2x), consent (2x), portion (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H7926 in the following manner: shoulder (17x), back (2x), consent (2x), portion (1x).

  1. shoulder, back

    1. shoulder, shoulder-blade

    2. back (in general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁכֶם shᵉkem, shek-em'; from H7925; the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill:—back, × consent, portion, shoulder.
STRONGS H7926: Abbreviations
I. שְׁכֶם noun masculineZephaniah 3:9 shoulder; — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 48:22 +, שְׁכֶ֑ם Genesis 33:19 +, שֶׁ֑כֶם Psalm 21:13 [Psalm 21:12] (whence original *šakm inferred Ol§ 147 a near the end Sta§ 199 a; but ֶ֯ derived from ִ֯ before כ, BaNB 104 Kö ii.l.67, 506); construct שְׁכֶם Genesis 9:23; suffix שִׁכְמוֺ Genesis 49:15 +, שִׁכְמָה (for שִׁכְמָהּ Ges§ 91 e) [H7929 Job 31:22], etc.; —
1. shoulder (sometimes including back of neck; כתף = shoulder-blade):
a. as bearing burdens, לִסְבֹּל וַיֵּט שׁ׳ Genesis 49:15 (poem in J; Issachar under figure of ass), compare Genesis 21:14 (E), Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:45; Exodus 12:34, also Genesis 9:23 (all J), Joshua 4:5 (E), Judges 9:48; Isaiah 10:27 (|| צַוָּאר), Isaiah 14:25 (both figurative), Psalm 81:7 [Psalm 81:6], so, metaphorical, of responsibility of rule Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6]; Isaiah 22:22= (symbolized by key), of accusation as (easy) burden Job 31:36; figurative also אֶחָד לְעָבְדוֺ שׁ׳ Zephaniah 3:9 to serve him (with) one shoulder (as one man), of. Syriac bdb101403.
b. in statement of Saul's height, מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה גָּכֹהַּ מִכָּלהָֿעָם 1 Samuel 9:2, compare 1 Samuel 10:23 and (with play on proper name, of a location שְׁכֶם) אַהַד עַלאַֿחֶיךָ נָתַתִּי לְךָ שׁ׳ Genesis 48:22 (E; compare Dr).
2. in general back: כְּהַפְנֹתוֺ שִׁכְמוֺ לָלֶכֶת מֵעִם 1 Samuel 10:9; so תְּשִׁיתֵמוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 21:13 [Psalm 21:12], i.e. make them turn (in flight; compare וְאוֺיְבַי נָתַתָּה לִי עֹרֶף, Psalm 18:41 [Psalm 18:40]); as beaten מַטֵּה שׁ׳ Isaiah 9:3 [Isaiah 9:4] (|| שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּנֵשׂ בּוֺ); more anatomical תִפּוֹל מִשּׁ'שֵׁבֶט [H7929 Job 31:22] let my shoulder blade fall from its back. — Hosea 6:9 see II. שְׁכֶם below
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:23; 9:23; 21:14; 24:15; 24:45; 33:19; 48:22; 48:22; 49:15; 49:15

Exodus

12:34

Joshua

4:5

Judges

9:48

1 Samuel

9:2; 10:9; 10:23

Job

31:36

Psalms

18:40; 21:12; 21:12; 81:6

Isaiah

9:4; 9:6; 10:27; 14:25; 22:22

Hosea

6:9

Zephaniah

3:9; 3:9

H7926

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Strong's Number H7926 matches the Hebrew שְׁכֶם (šᵊḵem),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a robe, and putting it on their backs went in with their faces turned away, and put it over their father so that they might not see him unclothed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - And even before his words were ended, Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, came out with her water-vessel on her arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - And I have given you more than your brothers, even Shechem as your heritage, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - And the people took their bread-paste before it was leavened, putting their basins in their clothing on their backs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:36 - Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12 - Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:6 - I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6 - For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - To let the Assyrian be broken in my land, and crushed under foot on my mountains: there will his yoke be taken away from them, and his rule over them come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:22 - And I will give the key of the family of David into his care; and what he keeps open will be shut by no one, and what he keeps shut no one will make open.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - For then I will give the people a clean language, so that they may all make prayer to the Lord and be his servants with one mind.
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