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Lexicon :: Strong's H7926 - šᵊḵem

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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 Box Gen 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 - Then Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned backward, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:15 - Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her water jar on her shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - “Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, ‘Please let me drink.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope[fn] that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:15 - He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:34 - So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:48 - And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him. And Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a bundle of brushwood and took it up and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry and do as I have done.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:2 - And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:9 - When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:23 - Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:36 - Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me as a crown;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 21:12 - For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 81:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:6 - “I relieved your[fn] shoulder of the burden;
your hands were freed from the basket.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:4 - For the yoke of his burden,
and the staff for his shoulder,
the rod of his oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:6 - For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon[fn] his shoulder,
and his name shall be called[fn]
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:27 - And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:25 - that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and his yoke shall depart from them,
and his burden from their shoulder.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:22 - And I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David. He shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:9 - “For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
to a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the LORD
and serve him with one accord.
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