Hebrew verb · H7931
שָׁכַן
shakanshaw-kan'
to dwell
129 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâkan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7931is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 23 of 39Old Testament books
- 102spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7931
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
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
shakan is rendered "to dwell". It stands 129 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-three books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
- The Greek text spells it 102 different ways.
The first use
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:24וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-three of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to cause to dwell8
- and I will dwell7
- dwelling7
- it dwells7
- they will dwell7
- to dwell6
- he will dwell5
- he dwells4
- and dwell3
- and it will dwell3
- and they will dwell3
- dwell3
and 52 more, 129 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 129, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
102 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
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־5
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן5
- יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן3
- יִשְׁכָּן־3
- שֹׁכֵ֥ן3
- שֹׁכֵ֖ן3
- וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן2
- וְשָׁכַ֣ן2
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י2
- וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י2
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י2
- יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן2
and 90 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular17HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural11HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular10HVqrmsa
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)8HR/Vpcc
- Hc/Vqq1cs7Hc/Vqq1cs
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular7HVqi3fs
- Hc/Vqw3ms5Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVqp3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms4Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HVqrmsc
- Hc/Vqq3cp3Hc/Vqq3cp
Genesis
eight uses
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
- וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩vaiyashkenHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he caused to dwell
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
- וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ןveyishkonHC/Vqu3mstagged: and let him dwell
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.
- שֹׁכֵ֨ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- יִשְׁכֹּֽן׃yishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will dwell
Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
- וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּvaiyishkenuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they dwelt
The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.
- שְׁכֹ֣ןshekhonverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: dwell
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןbishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when dwelt
Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֑ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will dwell
Exodus
five uses
and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
- וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןvaiyishkonHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it settled down
And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.
- וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.
- לְשָׁכְנִ֣יleshakhenipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to dwell I
Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- שָׁכַ֥ןshakhanverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it had settled down
Leviticus
one use
So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.
- הַשֹּׁכֵ֣ןhashokhenthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: which dwells
Numbers
ten uses
You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
- שֹׁכֵ֥ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
- יִשְׁכָּן־yishkon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it settled down
At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֧ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it settled down
Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
- לִשְׁכֹּ֣ןlishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
- וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןvaiyishkonHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it settled down
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it dwells
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
- שֹׁכֵ֖ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
- שֹׁכֵ֣ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
- שֹׁכֵ֕ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
Deuteronomy
twelve uses
Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹleshikhnopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to dwelling its
then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwells
- שָׁכֵֽן׃ סshakhenverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwells
with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.
- שֹׁכְנִ֖יshokheniverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dwelt
Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
- שָׁכֵ֔ןshakhenverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwells
So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
- וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩vaiyishkonHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it has dwelt
Joshua
two uses
Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּvaiyashkinuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they caused to dwell
If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
- שָֽׁכַן־shakhan-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it dwells
Judges
three uses
Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.
- שָׁכֵ֔ןshakhenverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwelt
- יִשְׁכּֽוֹן׃yishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwelt
And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.
- הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣יhashekhuneithe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: those dwell
2 Samuel
one use
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- וְשָׁכַ֣ןveshakhanHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will dwell
1 Kings
two uses
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”
- וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
- לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןlishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
1 Chronicles
two uses
And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
- וְשָׁכַ֣ןveshakhanHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will dwell
For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.
- וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןvaiyishkonHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has settled
2 Chronicles
one use
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
- לִשְׁכּ֖וֹןlishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
Nehemiah
one use
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
- לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןleshakenpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to dwell
Job
eleven uses
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
- תִּשְׁכָּן־tishkon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it settle down
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- שֹׁכְנֵ֬יshokheneiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dwell of
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtashkenverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you cause to dwell
he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
- וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀vaiyishkonHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he dwelt
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןtishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it dwells
The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
- וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃veshokheneihemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and dwell in them
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
- וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹןveeshkonHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may dwell
so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
- לִשְׁכֹּ֑ןlishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
- תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃tishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it dwells
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
- יִשְׁכָּן־yishkon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it dwells
He dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.
- יִ֭שְׁכֹּןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it dwells
Psalms
twenty-three uses
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- יַשְׁכֵּ֣ןyashkenverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he lay
O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
- יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he dwell
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will dwell
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- שְׁכָן־shekhon-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: dwell
Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
- וּשְׁכֹ֥ןushekhonconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and dwell
The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
- וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּveyishkenuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may dwell
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
- וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃veeshkonahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I want to settle down
Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֪ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he dwells
God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
- שָׁכְנ֥וּshakhenuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they dwell
Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will dwell
You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
- לִשְׁכֹּ֤ן׀lishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־yishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
Remember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance— Mount Zion where You dwell.
- שָׁכַ֬נְתָּshakhantaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have dwelt
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ןvaiyashkenHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he caused to dwell
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- שִׁכֵּ֥ןshikenverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had pitched
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
- לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןlishkonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to dwell
Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
- שָֽׁכְנָ֖הshakhenahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it dwelt
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
- יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּyishkonuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
- יִשְׁכּ֑וֹןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it dwells
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
- שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיshakhantiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have dwelt
Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.
- שָֽׁכְנָה־shakhenah-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has dwelt
Blessed be the LORD from Zion— He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwells
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
- אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗הʾeshkenahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: I dwell
Proverbs
five uses
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”
- יִשְׁכָּן־yishkon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will dwell
For the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
- יִשְׁכְּנוּyishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
- יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּyishkenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they stay
I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
- שָׁכַ֣נְתִּיshakhantiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I dwell
The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־yishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell in
Isaiah
thirteen uses
Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
- הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ןhashokhenthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who dwells
She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
- תִשְׁכֹּ֖ןtishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will settle
But desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
- וְשָׁ֤כְנוּveshakhenuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will dwell
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
- וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵיveshokheneiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and dwell
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- שֹׁכְנֵ֣יshokheneiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O dwell of
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- וְשָׁכַ֥ןveshakhanHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will dwell
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- שֹׁכֵ֖ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will dwell
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־yishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־yishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- שֹׁכֵ֥ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwells
- אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹןʾeshkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I dwell
And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.
- יִשְׁכְּנוּ־yishkenu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will dwell
Jeremiah
thirteen uses
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣הvaashakenahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: so let me cause to dwell
then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
- וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤יveshikantiHc/Vpq1cstagged: and I will cause to dwell
But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽיshikantiverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I caused to dwell
He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
- וְשָׁכַ֤ןveshakhanHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will dwell
In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- יִשְׁכֹּ֣ןyishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will dwell
all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖יםhashokhenimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who dwell
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןtishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will dwell
I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
- תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןtishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will settle
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- וְשִׁכְנ֣וּveshikhnuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and dwell
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
- שֹֽׁכְנִי֙shokheniverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O dweller
Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
- יִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃yishkonuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they dwell
So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
- תִשְׁכּ֖וֹןtishkonverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will settle
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙shokhantiverb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O dwells
Ezekiel
six uses
I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- וְשָׁכְנ֣וּveshakhenuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will dwell
- תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה׃tishkonahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will dwell
All the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
- יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּyishkenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they dwelt
I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
- וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤יvehishkantiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will cause to settle
and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
- אֶשְׁכָּן־ʾeshkon-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will dwell
Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
Joel
two uses
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- שֹׁכֵ֖ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwells
For I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
- שֹׁכֵ֥ןshokhenverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: dwelling
Obadiah
one use
The pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- שֹׁכְנִ֥יshokheniverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O dweller
Micah
two uses
Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
- וְשָׁכַ֣נְתְּveshakhantHc/Vqq2fstagged: and you will dwell
Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- שֹׁכְנִ֣יshokheniverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: dwell
Nahum
one use
O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
- יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּyishkenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they settle down
Zechariah
four uses
“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
- וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יveshakhantiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will dwell
I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
- וְשָׁכְנ֖וּveshakhenuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will dwell
The letters
Gematria 370· 1,020 mispar gadol
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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 the first 120 verses 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.
