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Lexicon :: Strong's H7927 - šᵊḵem

Aa
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.
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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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Strong's Number H7927 matches the Hebrew שְׁכֶם (šᵊḵem),
which occurs 63 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:6–2Ch 10:1)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:6 - Abram H87 passed H5674 through H5674 the land H776 as far H5704 as the site H4725 of Shechem, H7927 to the [fn]oak H436 of Moreh. H4176 Now the Canaanite H3669 was then H227 in the land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - Now Jacob H3290 came H935 safely H8003 to the city H5892 of Shechem, H7927 which H834 is in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 when he came H935 from Paddan-aram, H6307 and camped H2583 before H6440 the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - He bought H7069 the piece H2513 of land H2513 where H834 H8033 he had pitched H5186 his tent H168 from the hand H3027 of the sons H1121 of Hamor, H2544 Shechem’s H7927 father, H1 for one hundred H3967 [fn]pieces H7192 of money. H7192

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - When Shechem H7927 the son H1121 of Hamor H2544 the Hivite, H2340 the prince H5387 of the land, H776 saw H7200 her, he took H3947 her and lay H7901 with her [fn]by force. H6031

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - So Shechem H7927 spoke H559 to his father H1 Hamor, H2544 saying, H559 “Get H3947 me this H2088 young H3207 girl H3207 for a wife.” H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - Then Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 went H3318 out to Jacob H3290 to speak H1696 with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - But Hamor H2544 spoke H1696 with them, saying, H559 “The soul H5315 of my son H1121 Shechem H7927 longs H2836 for your daughter; H1323 please H4994 give H5414 her to him [fn]in marriage. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - Shechem H7927 also said H559 to her father H1 and to her brothers, H251 “If I find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight, H5869 then I will give H5414 whatever H834 you say H559 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - But Jacob’s H3290 sons H1121 answered H6030 Shechem H7927 and his father H1 Hamor H2544 with deceit, H4820 because H834 he had defiled H2930 Dinah H1783 their sister. H269

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - Now their words H1697 seemed H3190 [fn]reasonable H3190 to Hamor H2544 and Shechem, H7927 Hamor’s H2544 son. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - So Hamor H2544 and his son H1121 Shechem H7927 came H935 to the gate H8179 of their city H5892 and spoke H1696 to the men H376 of their city, H5892 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - All H3605 who went H3318 out of the gate H8179 of his city H5892 listened H8085 to Hamor H2544 and to his son H1121 Shechem, H7927 and every H3605 male H2145 was circumcised, H4135 all H3605 who went H3318 out of the gate H8179 of his city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - They killed H2026 Hamor H2544 and his son H1121 Shechem H7927 with the edge H6310 of the sword, H2719 and took H3947 Dinah H1783 from Shechem’s H7927 house, H1004 and went H3318 forth. H3318

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave H5414 to Jacob H3290 all H3605 the foreign H5236 gods H430 which H834 [fn]they had H3027 and the rings H5141 which H834 were in their ears, H241 and Jacob H3290 hid H2934 them under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 which H834 was near H5973 Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - Then his brothers H251 went H1980 to pasture H7462 their father’s H1 flock H6629 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - Israel H3478 said H559 to Joseph, H3130 “Are not your brothers H251 pasturing H7462 the flock in Shechem? H7927 Come, H1980 and I will send H7971 you to them.” And he said H559 to him, “[fn]I will go.” H2009

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said H559 to him, “Go H1980 now H4994 and see H7200 about the welfare H7965 of your brothers H251 and the welfare H7965 of the flock, H6629 and bring H7725 word H1697 back H7725 to me.” So he sent H7971 him from the valley H6010 of Hebron, H2275 and he came H935 to Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - The border H1366 of Manasseh H4519 [fn]ran H1961 from Asher H836 to Michmethath H4366 which H834 was east H5921 H6440 of Shechem; H7927 then the border H1366 went H1980 [fn]southward H3225 to the inhabitants H3427 of En-tappuah. H5887

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they [fn]set H6942 apart H6942 Kedesh H6943 in [fn]Galilee H1551 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Naphtali H5321 and Shechem H7927 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and Kiriath-arba H7153 (that is, Hebron) H2275 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - They gave H5414 them Shechem, H7927 the city H5892 of refuge H4733 for the manslayer, H7523 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and Gezer H1507 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua H3091 gathered H622 all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to Shechem, H7927 and called H7121 for the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 and for their heads H7218 and their judges H8199 and their officers; H7860 and they presented H3320 themselves before H6440 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua H3091 made H3772 a covenant H1285 with the people H5971 that day, H3117 and made H7760 for them a statute H2706 and an ordinance H4941 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - Now they buried H6912 the bones H6106 of Joseph, H3130 which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 brought H5927 up from Egypt, H4714 at Shechem, H7927 in the piece H2513 of ground H7704 which H834 Jacob H3290 had bought H7069 from the sons H1121 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem H7927 for one hundred H3967 [fn]pieces H7192 of money; H7192 and they became H1961 the inheritance H5159 of Joseph’s H3130 sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - His concubine H6370 who H834 was in Shechem H7927 also H1571 bore H3205 him a son, H1121 and he [fn]named H8034 H7760 him Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech H40 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 went H1980 to Shechem H7927 to his mother’s H517 [fn]relatives, H251 and spoke H1696 to them and to the whole H3605 clan H4940 of the household H1004 of his mother’s H517 father, H1 saying, H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, H1696 now, H4994 in the hearing H241 of all H3605 the leaders H1167 of Shechem, H7927 ‘Which H4100 is better H2896 for you, that seventy H7657 men, H376 all H3605 the sons H1121 of Jerubbaal, H3378 rule H4910 over you, or H518 that one H259 man H376 rule H4910 over you?’ Also, remember H2142 that I am your bone H6106 and your flesh.” H1320

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother’s H517 [fn]relatives H251 spoke H1696 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 on his behalf H5921 in the hearing H241 of all H3605 the leaders H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and [fn]they were inclined H5186 to follow H310 Abimelech, H40 for they said, H559 “He is our [fn]relative.” H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - All H3605 the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 and all H3605 [fn]Beth-millo H1037 assembled H622 together, and they went H1980 and made H4427 Abimelech H40 king, H4428 by the [fn]oak H436 of the pillar H5324 which H834 was in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - Now when they told H5046 Jotham, H3147 he went H1980 and stood H5975 on the top H7218 of Mount H2022 Gerizim, H1630 and lifted H5375 his voice H6963 and called H7121 out. Thus he said H559 to them, “Listen H8085 to me, O men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 that God H430 may listen H8085 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen H6965 against H5921 my father’s H1 house H1004 today H3117 and have killed H2026 his sons, H1121 seventy H7657 men, H376 on one H259 stone, H68 and have made H4427 Abimelech, H40 the son H1121 of his maidservant, H519 king H4427 over H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because H3588 he is your [fn]relative H251—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - “But if H518 not, let fire H784 come H3318 out from Abimelech H40 and consume H398 the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 and [fn]Beth-millo; H1037 and let fire H784 come H3318 out from the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 and from [fn]Beth-millo, H1037 and consume H398 Abimelech.” H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - Then God H430 sent H7971 an evil H7451 spirit H7307 between H996 Abimelech H40 and the men H1167 of Shechem; H7927 and the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 dealt H898 treacherously H898 with Abimelech, H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - so that the violence H2555 [fn]done to the seventy H7657 sons H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 might come, H935 and their blood H1818 might be laid H7760 on Abimelech H40 their brother, H251 who H834 killed H2026 them, and on the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 who H834 strengthened H2388 his hands H3027 to kill H2026 his brothers. H251

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - The men H1167 of Shechem H7927 set H7760 [fn]men in ambush H693 against him on the tops H7218 of the mountains, H2022 and they robbed H1497 all H3605 who H834 might pass H5674 by them along the road; H1870 and it was told H5046 to Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - Now Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 came H935 with his [fn]relatives, H251 and crossed H5674 over H5674 into Shechem; H7927 and the men H1167 of Shechem H7927 put H982 their trust H982 in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 said, H559 “Who H4310 is Abimelech, H40 and who H4310 is Shechem, H7927 that we should serve H5647 him? Is he not the son H1121 of Jerubbaal, H3378 and is Zebul H2083 not his [fn]lieutenant? H6496 Serve H5647 the men H376 of Hamor H2544 the father H1 of Shechem; H7927 but why H4069 should we serve H5647 him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - He sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Abimelech H40 [fn]deceitfully, H8649 saying, H559 “Behold, H2009 Gaal H1603 the son H1121 of Ebed H5651 and his [fn]relatives H251 have come H935 to Shechem; H7927 and behold, H2009 they are [fn]stirring H6696 up the city H5892 against H5921 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - So Abimelech H40 and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him arose H6965 by night H3915 and lay H693 in wait H693 against H5921 Shechem H7927 in four H702 [fn]companies. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - So Gaal H1603 went H3318 out before H6440 the leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927 and fought H3898 with Abimelech. H40

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - Then Abimelech H40 remained H3427 at Arumah, H725 but Zebul H2083 drove H1644 out Gaal H1603 and his [fn]relatives H251 so H4480 that they could not remain H3427 in Shechem. H7927

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When all H3605 the leaders H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 heard H8085 of it, they entered H935 the inner H6877 chamber H6877 of the [fn]temple H1004 of El-berith. H410 H1285

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - It was told H5046 Abimelech H40 that all H3605 the leaders H1167 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 were gathered H6908 together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - All H3605 the people H5971 also H1571 cut H3772 down H3772 each H376 one H376 his branch H7754 and followed H1980 H310 Abimelech, H40 and put H7760 them on the inner H6877 chamber H6877 and set H3341 the inner H6877 chamber H6877 on fire H784 over H5921 those inside, so that all H3605 the men H376 of the tower H4026 of Shechem H7927 also H1571 died, H4191 about a thousand H505 men H376 and women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - Also God H430 returned H7725 all H3605 the wickedness H7451 of the men H376 of Shechem H7927 on their heads, H7218 and the curse H7045 of Jotham H3147 the son H1121 of Jerubbaal H3378 came H935 [fn]upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - So they said, H559 “Behold, H2009 there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh, H7887 which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel, H1008 on the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the highway H4546 that goes H5927 up from Bethel H1008 to Shechem, H7927 and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah.” H3829

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1 - Then Rehoboam H7346 went H1980 to Shechem, H7927 for all H3605 Israel H3478 had come H935 to Shechem H7927 to make H4427 him king. H4427

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - Then Jeroboam H3379 built H1129 Shechem H7927 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim, H669 and lived H3427 [fn]there. And he went H3318 out from there H8033 and built H1129 Penuel. H6439

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They gave H5414 to them the following cities H5892 of refuge: H4733 Shechem H7927 in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669 with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054 Gezer H1507 also with its pasture H4054 lands, H4054

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - Their possessions H272 and settlements H4186 were Bethel H1008 with its towns, H1323 and to the east H4217 [fn]Naaran, H5295 and to the west H4628 Gezer H1507 with its towns, H1323 and Shechem H7927 with its towns H1323 as far H5704 as [fn]Ayyah H5857 with its towns, H1323

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