Word Study · Strong's H7927 · Hebrew
שְׁכֶם
Shekem
shek-em'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shᵉkem
“Shekem, a place in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shekem, a place in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Shechem.
- 63occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 24inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 63 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 24
- שְׁכֶ֔ם9
- שְׁכֶ֑ם8
- שְׁכֶ֖ם6
- בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃4
- שְׁכֶם֙4
- שְׁכֶ֛ם4
- שְׁכֶ֣ם3
- שְׁכֶ֥ם3
- שְׁכֶֽם׃3
- שְׁכֶ֑מָה3
- בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם2
- שְׁכֶ֔מָה2
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- Shechem44
- Shechem towards7
- at Shechem5
- [was] in Shechem2
- and Shechem2
- [is] Shechem1
- from Shechem1
- in Shechem1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- proper noun (a name)34
- proper noun (a name)11
- preposition + proper noun (a name)9
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 34
- HNpm · 11
- HR/Npl · 9
- HNpl/Sd · 7
- HC/Npl · 1
- HC/Npm · 1
All 63, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Judges27 of 63 · 43%
- Genesis18 of 63 · 29%
- Joshua7 of 63 · 11%
- 1 Kings3 of 63 · 5%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 63 · 3%
Judges carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis18 occurrences
- Genesis 12:6שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.here: Shechem
- Genesis 33:18שְׁכֶ֗םshekhemproper noun (a name)After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.here: Shechem
- Genesis 33:19שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:2שְׁכֶ֧םshekhemproper noun (a name)When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:4שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:6שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:8שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:11שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:13שְׁכֶ֨םshekhemproper noun (a name)But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:18שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:20וּשְׁכֶ֥םushekhemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:here: and Shechem
- Genesis 34:24שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:26שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.here: Shechem
- Genesis 34:26שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.here: Shechem
- Genesis 35:4שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.here: Shechem
- Genesis 37:12בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.here: at Shechem
- Genesis 37:13בִּשְׁכֶ֔םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.here: at Shechem
- Genesis 37:14שְׁכֶֽמָה׃shekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)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,here: Shechem towards
Joshua7 occurrences
- Joshua 17:7שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.here: Shechem
- Joshua 20:7שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.here: Shechem
- Joshua 21:21שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,here: Shechem
- Joshua 24:1שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.here: Shechem towards
- Joshua 24:25בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.here: at Shechem
- Joshua 24:32בִשְׁכֶם֒vishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.here: at Shechem
- Joshua 24:32שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.here: Shechem
Judges27 occurrences
- Judges 8:31בִּשְׁכֶ֔םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.here: [was] in Shechem
- Judges 9:1שְׁכֶ֔מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,here: Shechem towards
- Judges 9:2שְׁכֶם֮shekhemproper noun (a name)“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”here: Shechem
- Judges 9:3שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”here: Shechem
- Judges 9:6שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:6בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.here: [was] in Shechem
- Judges 9:7שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:18שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—here: Shechem
- Judges 9:20שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)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.”here: Shechem
- Judges 9:20שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)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.”here: Shechem
- Judges 9:23שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,here: Shechem
- Judges 9:23שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,here: Shechem
- Judges 9:24שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:25שְׁכֶ֜םshekhemproper noun (a name)The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:26בִּשְׁכֶ֑םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.here: in Shechem
- Judges 9:26שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:28שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?here: [is] Shechem
- Judges 9:28שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?here: Shechem
- Judges 9:31שְׁכֶ֔מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.here: Shechem towards
- Judges 9:34שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:39שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,here: Shechem
- Judges 9:41בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.here: at Shechem
- Judges 9:46שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:47שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,here: Shechem
- Judges 9:49שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.here: Shechem
- Judges 9:57שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.here: Shechem
- Judges 21:19שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”here: Shechem towards
1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 12:1שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.here: Shechem
- 1 Kings 12:1שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.here: Shechem
- 1 Kings 12:25שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.here: Shechem
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:67שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,here: Shechem
- 1 Chronicles 7:28וּשְׁכֶ֣םushekhemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)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.here: and Shechem
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 10:1שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.here: Shechem towards
- 2 Chronicles 10:1שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.here: Shechem
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 60:6שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.here: Shechem
- Psalms 108:7שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.here: Shechem
Same headword in Strong's