HebrewH7934Noun

שָׁכֵן

sha.khen

16Occurrences
H7934Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen

from H7931 (שָׁכַן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. inhabitant, neighbour 1a) inhabitant 1b) neighbour

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

H:N

Full Description

Hebrew Noun

Occurrences

שָׁכֵן appears 16 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
5
Exodus
2
Psalms
2
2 Kings
1
Deuteronomy
1
Ezk
1
Hosea
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 4:3BSB

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Exodus 3:22BSB

Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

Isaiah 33:24BSB

And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.”The people who dwell therewill be forgiven of iniquity.

Jeremiah 49:18BSB

As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrownalong with their neighbors,”says the LORD,“no one will dwell there;no man will abide there.

Proverbs 27:10BSB

Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,and do not go to your brother’s housein the day of your calamity;better a neighbor nearbythan a brother far away.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.