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HebrewH7927Noun

שְׁכֶם

she.khem

51Occurrences
H7927Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shekem, a place in Palestine

the same as H7926 (שְׁכֶם); ridge;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Shechem = "back" or "shoulder" 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 Also named: Suchem (*Συχέμ *"Shechem" G4966)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

שְׁכֶם appears 51 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
22
Genesis
17
Joshua
6
1 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Hosea
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:28BSB

Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.

Genesis 34:8BSB

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 37:14BSB

Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.”So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,

Judges 9:20BSB

But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”

Judges 9:46BSB

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

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