7927. Shekem

Lexicon

Shekem: Shechem, Shechem's

Original Word: שְׁכֶם
Part of Speech: proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine
Transliteration: Shkem
Pronunciation: SHEH-kem
Phonetic Spelling: (shek-em')
KJV: Shechem
NASB: Shechem, Shechem's
Word Origin: [the same as H7926 (שְׁכֶם - shoulder)]

1. ridge
2. Shekem, a place in Israel

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Shechem

The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem.

see HEBREW shkem

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as shekem
Definition
"ridge," a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor
NASB Translation
Shechem (61), Shechem's (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. שְׁכֶם proper name, of a location₄₉ and masculine₁₄ (Συξεμ; ᵐ5^L 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 20t. Judges 9 (׳בַּעֲלֵי שׁ Genesis 33:2 12t., ׳מִגְדַּלשֿׁ ׳ב Genesis 33:46; Genesis 33:47), Hosea 6:9 21t. (׳עִיר שׁ Genesis 33:18); city of refuge Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:52. — WMM^As.u.Eur.394, compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare Jen^{ZA x (1895) 356}); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see Buhl^{G 200 f.} GASm^{G 332 ff. 345} Wilsons^{Hast. DB SHECHEM.}

2. proper name, masculine (on connection with

1 compare Judges 9:28), 'son' of Hamor, also Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2 10t. 34, Joshua 24:3.

Forms and Transliterations

בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ בִשְׁכֶם֒ בשכם בשכם׃ וּשְׁכֶ֣ם וּשְׁכֶ֥ם ושכם מִשְּׁכֶ֞ם משכם שְׁכֶ֑ם שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְׁכֶ֔ם שְׁכֶ֔מָה שְׁכֶ֖ם שְׁכֶ֗ם שְׁכֶ֛ם שְׁכֶ֜ם שְׁכֶ֣ם שְׁכֶ֥ם שְׁכֶ֧ם שְׁכֶ֨ם שְׁכֶֽם׃ שְׁכֶֽמָה׃ שְׁכֶם֙ שְׁכֶם֮ שֶׁ֑כְמָה שכם שכם׃ שכמה שכמה׃ biš·ḵem ḇiš·ḵem bishChem bišḵem ḇišḵem miš·šə·ḵem mishsheChem miššəḵem šə·ḵe·māh šə·ḵem šeḵ·māh šəḵem šəḵemāh šeḵmāh sheChem sheChemah Shechmah ū·šə·ḵem ūšəḵem usheChem vishChem

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 12:6
HEB: עַ֚ד מְק֣וֹם שְׁכֶ֔ם עַ֖ד אֵל֣וֹן
NAS: as the site of Shechem, to the oak
KJV: unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain
INT: far as the site of Shechem far to the oak

Genesis 33:18
HEB: שָׁלֵ֜ם עִ֣יר שְׁכֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: to the city of Shechem, which
KJV: a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land
INT: safely to the city of Shechem which the land

Genesis 33:19
HEB: חֲמ֖וֹר אֲבִ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם בְּמֵאָ֖ה קְשִׂיטָֽה׃
NAS: of Hamor, Shechem's father,
KJV: of Hamor, Shechem's father,
INT: of Hamor father Shechem's hundred pieces

Genesis 34:2
HEB: וַיַּ֨רְא אֹתָ֜הּ שְׁכֶ֧ם בֶּן־ חֲמ֛וֹר
NAS: When Shechem the son of Hamor
KJV: And when Shechem the son of Hamor
INT: saw Shechem the son of Hamor

Genesis 34:4
HEB: וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־ חֲמ֥וֹר
NAS: So Shechem spoke to his father
KJV: And Shechem spake unto his father
INT: spoke Shechem about Hamor

Genesis 34:6
HEB: חֲמ֥וֹר אֲבִֽי־ שְׁכֶ֖ם אֶֽל־ יַעֲקֹ֑ב
NAS: the father of Shechem went
KJV: the father of Shechem went out
INT: Hamor the father of Shechem to Jacob

Genesis 34:8
HEB: אִתָּ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנִ֗י חָֽשְׁקָ֤ה
NAS: of my son Shechem longs
KJV: of my son Shechem longeth
INT: for saying Shechem of my son longs

Genesis 34:11
HEB: וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁכֶם֙ אֶל־ אָבִ֣יה
NAS: Shechem also said to her father
KJV: And Shechem said unto her father
INT: said Shechem to her father

Genesis 34:13
HEB: יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־ שְׁכֶ֨ם וְאֶת־ חֲמ֥וֹר
NAS: answered Shechem and his father
KJV: answered Shechem and Hamor
INT: sons Jacob's Shechem Hamor and his father

Genesis 34:18
HEB: חֲמ֑וֹר וּבְעֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן־ חֲמֽוֹר׃
NAS: to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's
KJV: Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's
INT: to Hamor affliction and Shechem son Hamor's

Genesis 34:20
HEB: וַיָּבֹ֥א חֲמ֛וֹר וּשְׁכֶ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־
NAS: and his son Shechem came
KJV: And Hamor and Shechem his son came
INT: came Hamor Shechem and his son to

Genesis 34:24
HEB: חֲמוֹר֙ וְאֶל־ שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנ֔וֹ כָּל־
NAS: and to his son Shechem, and every
KJV: And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son
INT: Hamor about Shechem his son All

Genesis 34:26
HEB: חֲמוֹר֙ וְאֶת־ שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנ֔וֹ הָרְג֖וּ
NAS: and his son Shechem with the edge
KJV: Hamor and Shechem his son
INT: Hamor Shechem and his son killed

Genesis 34:26
HEB: דִּינָ֛ה מִבֵּ֥ית שְׁכֶ֖ם וַיֵּצֵֽאוּ׃
NAS: Dinah from Shechem's house,
KJV: out of Shechem's house,
INT: Dinah house Shechem's and went

Genesis 35:4
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־ שְׁכֶֽם׃
NAS: which was near Shechem.
KJV: them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
INT: which was near Shechem

Genesis 37:12
HEB: צֹ֥אן אֲבִיהֶ֖ם בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
NAS: their father's flock in Shechem.
KJV: their father's flock in Shechem.
INT: flock their father's Shechem

Genesis 37:13
HEB: אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ רֹעִ֣ים בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם לְכָ֖ה וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ֣
NAS: pasturing [the flock] in Shechem? Come,
KJV: feed [the flock] in Shechem? come,
INT: your brothers pasturing Shechem and I will send

Genesis 37:14
HEB: חֶבְר֔וֹן וַיָּבֹ֖א שְׁכֶֽמָה׃
NAS: of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
KJV: of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
INT: of Hebron came to Shechem

Joshua 17:7
HEB: עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם וְהָלַ֤ךְ הַגְּבוּל֙
NAS: was east of Shechem; then the border
KJV: that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border
INT: that before of Shechem went the border

Joshua 20:7
HEB: נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְאֶת־ שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם
NAS: of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country
KJV: Naphtali, and Shechem in mount
INT: the hill of Naphtali and Shechem country of Ephraim

Joshua 21:21
HEB: הָרֹצֵ֛חַ אֶת־ שְׁכֶ֥ם וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֖הָ
NAS: They gave them Shechem, the city
KJV: For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs
INT: of refuge the manslayer Shechem pasture the hill

Joshua 24:1
HEB: שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁכֶ֑מָה וַיִּקְרָא֩ לְזִקְנֵ֨י
NAS: of Israel to Shechem, and called
KJV: of Israel to Shechem, and called
INT: the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called the elders

Joshua 24:25
HEB: חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃
NAS: and an ordinance in Shechem.
KJV: and an ordinance in Shechem.
INT: A statute and an ordinance Shechem

Joshua 24:32
HEB: מִמִּצְרַיִם֮ קָבְר֣וּ בִשְׁכֶם֒ בְּחֶלְקַ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה
NAS: up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece
KJV: buried they in Shechem, in a parcel
INT: Egypt buried Shechem the piece of ground

Joshua 24:32
HEB: חֲמ֥וֹר אֲבִֽי־ שְׁכֶ֖ם בְּמֵאָ֣ה קְשִׂיטָ֑ה
NAS: the father of Shechem for one hundred
KJV: the father of Shechem for an hundred
INT: of Hamor the father of Shechem hundred pieces

63 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7927
63 Occurrences

biš·ḵem — 7 Occ.
miš·šə·ḵem — 1 Occ.
šə·ḵem — 45 Occ.
šə·ḵe·māh — 6 Occ.
šeḵ·māh — 1 Occ.
ū·šə·ḵem — 2 Occ.
ḇiš·ḵem — 1 Occ.