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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)
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 passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:18 - And Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, on his way from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:19 - And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched his tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:2 - and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:4 - So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden for my wife."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:6 - And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you, give her to him in marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:11 - Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 - The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:18 - Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:20 - So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:24 - And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods that they had, and the rings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - Now his brothers went to pasture their father's flock near Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them." And he said to him, "Here I am."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - So he said to him, "Go now, see if it is well with your brothers, and with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:7 - The territory of Manas'seh reached from Asher to Mich-me'thath, which is east of Shechem; then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tap'puah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naph'tali, and Shechem in the hill country of E'phraim, and Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:21 - To them were given Shechem, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:1 - Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - The bones of Joseph which the people of Israel brought up from Egypt were buried at Shechem, in the portion of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money; it became an inheritance of the descendants of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:31 - And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - "Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:3 - And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:6 - And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:7 - When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Ger'izim, and cried aloud and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:20 - but if not, let fire come out from Abim'elech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abim'elech."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:23 - And God sent an evil spirit between Abim'elech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abim'elech;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:24 - that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubba'al might come and their blood be laid upon Abim'elech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:25 - And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:26 - And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - And Ga'al the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abim'elech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Did not the son of Jerubba'al and Zebul his officer serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:31 - And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:34 - And Abim'elech and all the men that were with him rose up by night, and laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:39 - And Ga'al went out at the head of the men of Shechem, and fought with Abim'elech.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:41 - And Abim'elech dwelt at Aru'mah; and Zebul drove out Ga'al and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:46 - When all the people of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-be'rith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:47 - Abim'elech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So every one of the people cut down his bundle and following Abim'elech put it against the stronghold, and they set the stronghold on fire over them, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - and God also made all the wickedness of the men of Shechem fall back upon their heads, and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubba'al.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 - So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebo'nah."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:1 - Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:25 - Then Jerobo'am built Shechem in the hill country of E'phraim, and dwelt there; and he went out from there and built Penu'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:67

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:67 - They were given the cities of refuge: Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Na'aran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:1 - Rehobo'am went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.

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