Word Study · Strong's H8172 · Hebrew
שָׁעַן
shaan
shaw-an'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shâʻan
“to support one's self”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to support one's self
Rendered in the KJV as
lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 21inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 21
- נִשְׁעָ֣ן2
- בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜1
- וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן1
- וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥1
- וּבְהִֽשָּׁעֲנָ֤ם1
- וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ1
- וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן1
- וְיִשָּׁעֵ֖ן1
- וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן1
- וְנִשְׁעַ֗ן1
- וַתִּֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ1
- יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן1
and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- [was] leaning2
- they depend2
- [is] supporting himself1
- [who] was leaning1
- and because depending you1
- and it leans1
- and it will depend1
- and let him depend1
- and support yourself1
- and when leaned they1
- and you have depended1
- because depending you1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
- Hc/VNq3ms2
- HC/VNu3ms2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- HC/VNu1cs1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
- Hc/VNw2mp1
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVNrmsa · 4
- Hc/VNq3ms · 2
- HC/VNu3ms · 2
- HVNi3mp · 2
- HC/R/VNcc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/R/VNcc/Sp3mp · 1
- HC/VNu1cs · 1
- HC/VNv2mp · 1
- Hc/VNw2mp · 1
- HR/VNcc · 1
- HR/VNcc/Sp2ms · 1
- HVNi3ms · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers1 occurrence
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 5:18נִשְׁעָ֣ןnishanverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”here: [is] supporting himself
- 2 Kings 7:2נִשְׁעָ֨ןnishanverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”here: [who] was leaning
- 2 Kings 7:17נִשְׁעָ֤ןnishanverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularNow the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.here: [was] leaning
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 13:18נִשְׁעֲנ֔וּnishanuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.here: they depended
- 2 Chronicles 14:11נִשְׁעַ֔נּוּnishanuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common pluralThen Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”here: we depend
- 2 Chronicles 16:7בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜behishaenkhapreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAt that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.here: because depending you
- 2 Chronicles 16:7נִשְׁעַ֙נְתָּ֙nishantaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularAt that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.here: you depended
- 2 Chronicles 16:8וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥uvehishaenkhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWere not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.here: and because depending you
Job2 occurrences
- Job 8:15יִשָּׁעֵ֣ןyishaenverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.here: he supports himself
- Job 24:23וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ןveyishaenHC/VNu3msHe gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.here: so he may support himself
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:20לְהִשָּׁעֵ֖ןlehishaenpreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.here: to depend
- Isaiah 10:20וְנִשְׁעַ֗ןvenishanHc/VNq3msOn that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.here: and it will depend
- Isaiah 30:12וַתִּֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּvatishaanuHc/VNw2mpTherefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,here: and you have depended
- Isaiah 31:1יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּyishaenuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralWoe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.here: they depend
- Isaiah 50:10וְיִשָּׁעֵ֖ןveyishaenHC/VNu3msWho among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.here: and let him depend