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Hebrew proper noun (a place) · H7927

שְׁכֶם

Shekemshek-em'

Shechem

63 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Shᵉkem

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7927is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 24
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7927

Shekem, a place in Palestine

The King James renders it: Shechem.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Shekem is rendered "Shechem". It stands 63 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.

  • Twenty-seven of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 12:6Abram 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.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-four different ways.

The first use

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.

Genesis 12:6שְׁכֶ֔ם

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-seven of the word's sixty-three uses are in Judges.

The other 30 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Shechem45
  • Shechem towards7
  • at Shechem5
  • in Shechem3
  • and Shechem2
  • from Shechem1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שְׁכֶםshekemshoulderUses21
שְׁכַחshekachto findUses18
שְׁכָבָהshekabahsemenUses9
שְׁכֹבֶתshekobethcopulationUses4
שְׁכוֹלshekolbereavementUses3
שְׁכַןshekanto dwellUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 63, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

24 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שְׁכֶ֔ם9
  • שְׁכֶ֑ם8
  • שְׁכֶ֖ם6
  • בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃4
  • שְׁכֶם֙4
  • שְׁכֶ֛ם4
  • שְׁכֶ֣ם3
  • שְׁכֶ֥ם3
  • שְׁכֶֽם׃3
  • שְׁכֶ֑מָה3
  • בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם2
  • שְׁכֶ֔מָה2

and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • proper noun (a name)34HNpl
  • proper noun (a name)11HNpm
  • preposition + proper noun (a name)9HR/Npl
  • proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)7HNpl/Sd
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npl
  • conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm

Genesis

eighteen uses
  • 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.

    Genesis 12:6

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Genesis 33:18

    • שְׁכֶ֗םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Genesis 33:19

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

    Genesis 34:2

    • שְׁכֶ֧םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

    Genesis 34:4

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

    Genesis 34:6

    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

    Genesis 34:8

    • שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

    Genesis 34:11

    • שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

    Genesis 34:13

    • שְׁכֶ֨םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

    Genesis 34:18

    • שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

    Genesis 34:20

    • וּשְׁכֶ֥םushekhemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shechem
  • 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.

    Genesis 34:24

    • שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

    Genesis 34:26

    • שְׁכֶ֣םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.

    Genesis 35:4

    • שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.

    Genesis 37:12

    • בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Shechem
  • 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.

    Genesis 37:13

    • בִּשְׁכֶ֔םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Shechem
  • 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,

    Genesis 37:14

    • שְׁכֶֽמָה׃shekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards

Joshua

seven uses
  • Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

    Joshua 17:7

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Joshua 20:7

    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

    Joshua 21:21

    • שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Joshua 24:1

    • שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards
  • On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

    Joshua 24:25

    • בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Shechem
  • 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.

    Joshua 24:32

    • בִשְׁכֶם֒vishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Shechem
    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem

Judges

twenty-seven uses
  • His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

    Judges 8:31

    • בִּשְׁכֶ֔םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Shechem
  • 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,

    Judges 9:1

    • שְׁכֶ֔מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards
  • “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.”

    Judges 9:2

    • שְׁכֶם֮shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.”

    Judges 9:3

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:6

    • שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:7

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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—

    Judges 9:18

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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 9:20

    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,

    Judges 9:23

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • שְׁכֶ֖םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:24

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:25

    • שְׁכֶ֜םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.

    Judges 9:26

    • בִּשְׁכֶ֑םbishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: in Shechem
    • שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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?

    Judges 9:28

    • שְׁכֶם֙shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:31

    • שְׁכֶ֔מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards
  • So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

    Judges 9:34

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,

    Judges 9:39

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.

    Judges 9:41

    • בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃bishkhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: at Shechem
  • On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

    Judges 9:46

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,

    Judges 9:47

    • שְׁכֶֽם׃shekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:49

    • שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    Judges 9:57

    • שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • “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.”

    Judges 21:19

    • שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards

1 Kings

three uses
  • Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

    1 Kings 12:1

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
    • שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And from there he went out and built Penuel.

    1 Kings 12:25

    • שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem

1 Chronicles

two uses
  • They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,

    1 Chronicles 6:67

    • שְׁכֶ֥םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • 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.

    1 Chronicles 7:28

    • וּשְׁכֶ֣םushekhemconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shechem

2 Chronicles

two uses
  • Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.

    2 Chronicles 10:1

    • שְׁכֶ֑מָהshekhemahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards
    • שְׁכֶ֛םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem

Psalms

two uses
  • God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

    Psalms 60:6

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem
  • God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

    Psalms 108:7

    • שְׁכֶ֑םshekhemproper noun (a name)tagged: Shechem

Jeremiah

one use
  • eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 41:5

    • מִשְּׁכֶ֞םmishekhempreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: from Shechem

Hosea

one use
  • Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

    Hosea 6:9

    • שֶׁ֑כְמָהshekhmahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Shechem towards

The letters

Gematria 360· 920 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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