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Lexicon :: Strong's H8172 - šāʿan

Aa
שָׁעַן
Transliteration
šāʿan
Pronunciation
shaw-an'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2434

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁעַן shâʻan, shaw-an'; a primitive root; to support one's self:—lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H8172 in the following manner: lean (9x), stay (5x), rely (4x), rest (3x), lieth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H8172 in the following manner: lean (9x), stay (5x), rely (4x), rest (3x), lieth (1x).

  1. to lean on, trust in, support

    1. (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself

      1. of trust in God (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁעַן shâʻan, shaw-an'; a primitive root; to support one's self:—lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
STRONGS H8172: Abbreviations
† [שָׁעַן] verb
Niph. lean, support oneself; — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְנִשְׁעַן Numbers 21:15; Isaiah 10:20; 1st person plural נִשְׁעַנּוּ 2 Chronicles 14:10, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשָּׁעֵן Job 8:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הִשָּׁעֲנוּ Genesis 18:4; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁעֵן Isaiah 10:20, suffix הִשָּׁעֶנְךָ 2 Chronicles 16:7, 8, etc.; Participle נִשְׁעָן 2 Samuel 1:6 +; — lean, with עַל upon, 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Kings 5:18; 2 Kings 7:2, 17, against pillars Judges 16:26, house Job 8:15 (figurative); תַּחַת הָעֵץ Genesis 18:4 (J); poetic of cliff, לִגְּבוּל וְנִשׁ׳ Numbers 21:15 leans to (upon) the border of Moab; lean (figurative = trust) upon, עַל person king Isaiah 10:20; Ezekiel 29:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7; עַליֿ׳ Micah 3:11; Isaiah 10:20; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 2 Chronicles 14:10; 2 Chronicles 16:7, 8; בֵּלֹהָיו Isaiah 50:10; absolute Job 24:23; עַלסֿוּסִים Isaiah 31:1; על with abstract noun Isaiah 30:12; Proverbs 3:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:4; 18:4

Numbers

21:15; 21:15

Judges

16:26

2 Samuel

1:6; 1:6

2 Kings

5:18; 7:2; 7:17

2 Chronicles

13:18; 14:10; 14:10; 16:7; 16:7; 16:7; 16:8; 16:8

Job

8:15; 8:15; 24:23

Proverbs

3:5

Isaiah

10:20; 10:20; 10:20; 10:20; 30:12; 31:1; 50:10

Ezekiel

29:7

Micah

3:11

H8172

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Strong's Number H8172 matches the Hebrew שָׁעַן (šāʿan),
which occurs 22 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - “Please H4994 let a little H4592 water H4325 be brought H3947 and wash H7364 [fn]your feet H7272, and make H8172 yourselves H8172 comfortable H8172 under H8478 the tree H6086;

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And the slope H793 of the wadis H5158

That extends H5186 to the site H7675 of Ar H6144,

And leans H8172 to the border H1366 of Moab H4124.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to the boy H5288 who was holding H2388 his hand H3027, “[fn]Let H5117 me feel H4184 the pillars H5982 on which H834 the house H1004 rests H3559, so that I may lean H8172 against H5921 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:6 - The young H5288 man H5288 who told H5046 him said H559, “By H7122 chance H7122 I happened H7136 to H7136 be H7136 on Mount H2022 Gilboa H1533, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 was leaning H8172 on his spear H2595. And behold H2009, the chariots H7393 and the horsemen H6571 had overtaken H1692 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - “Regarding this H2088 matter H1697 may the LORD H3068 forgive H5545 your servant H5650: when my master H113 goes H935 into the house H1004 of Rimmon H7417 to worship H2331 there H8033, and he leans H8172 on my hand H3027 and I bow H2331 down H2331 in the house H1004 of Rimmon H7417, when I bow H2331 down H2331 in the house H1004 of Rimmon H7417, may the LORD H3068 please H4994 forgive H5545 your servant H5650 in this H2088 matter H1697.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 - The royal H4428 officer H7991 on whose H834 hand H3027 the king H4428 was leaning H8172 responded H6030 to the man H376 of God H430 and said H559, “Even H2009 if H2009 the LORD H3068 were to make H6213 [fn]windows H699 in heaven H8064, could this H2088 thing H1697 happen H1961?” Then he said H559, “Behold H2009, you are going to see H7200 it with your own eyes H5869, but you will not eat H398 [fn]any of it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:17 - Now the king H4428 appointed H6485 the royal H7991 officer H7991 on whose H834 hand H3027 he leaned H8172 [fn]to be in H5921 charge H5921 of H5921 the gate H8179; but the people H5971 trampled H7429 on H7429 him at the gate H8179, and he died H4191, just H834 as H834 the man H376 of God H430 had said H1696, who H834 spoke H1696 when the king H4428 came H3381 down H3381 to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:18 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were subdued H3665 at that time H6256, and the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 [fn]conquered H553 because H3588 they trusted H8172 in the LORD H3068, the God H430 of their fathers H1.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - Then Asa H609 called H7121 to the LORD H3068 his God H430 and said H559, “LORD H3068, there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 besides H5973 You to help H5826 in the battle between H996 the powerful H7227 and those who have H369 no H369 strength H3581; help H5826 us, LORD H3068 our God H430, for we trust H8172 in You, and in Your name H8034 have come H935 against H5921 this H2088 multitude H1995. LORD H3068, You are our God H430; do not let man H582 prevail H6113 against H5973 You.”

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At that time H6256 Hanani H2607 the seer H7203 came H935 to Asa H609 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and said H559 to him, “Because you have relied H8172 on the king H4428 of Aram H758 and have not relied H8172 on the LORD H3068 your God H430, for that H3651 reason H3651 the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Aram H758 has escaped H4422 from your hand H3027.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:8 - “Were not the Ethiopians H3569 and the Lubim H3864 an immense H7230 army H2428 with very H3966 many H7235 chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571? Yet because you relied H8172 on the LORD H3068, He handed H5414 H3027 them over H5414 to you.

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“He depends H8172 on his house H1004, but it does not stand H5975;

He holds H2388 on H2388 to it, but it does not endure H6965.

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“He provides H5414 them with security H983, and they are supported H8172;

And His eyes H5869 are on their ways H1870.

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Trust H982 in the LORD H3068 with all H3605 your heart H3820

And do not lean H8172 on your own understanding H998.

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Now on that day H3117 the remnant H7605 of Israel H3478, and those of the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 who H6413 have escaped H6413, will no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 rely H8172 on the one who struck H5221 them, but will truly H571 rely H8172 on the LORD H3068, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478.

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Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 says H559:

“Since H3282 you have rejected H3988 this H2088 word H1697

And have put H982 your trust H982 in oppression H6233 and crookedness H3868, and have relied H8172 on them,

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Woe H1945 to those who go H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 for help H5833

And rely H8172 on horses H5483,

And trust H982 in chariots H7393 because H3588 they are many H7227

And in horsemen H6571 because H3588 they are H6105 very H3966 strong H6105,

But they do not look H8159 to the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478, nor H3808 seek H1875 the LORD H3068!

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Who H4310 is among you who fears H3372 the LORD H3068,

Who obeys H8085 the voice H6963 of His servant H5650,

Who H834 walks H1980 in darkness H2825 and has H369 no H369 light H5051?

Let him trust H982 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 and rely H8172 on his God H430.

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“When they took H8610 hold H8610 of you with the hand H3709,

You broke H7533 and tore H1234 all H3605 their [fn]hands H3802;

And when they leaned H8172 on you,

You broke H7665 and made all H3605 their hips H4975 [fn]shake H4571.”

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Her leaders H7218 pronounce H8199 judgment H8199 for a bribe H7810,

Her priests H3548 teach H3384 for pay H4242,

And her prophets H5030 divine H7080 for money H3701.

Yet they lean H8172 on the LORD H3068, saying H559,

“Is the LORD H3068 not in our midst H7130?

Catastrophe H7451 will not come H935 upon us.”

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