Strong H79272 sensesשְׁכֶם

Meaning of the name

The 2 senses of Strong H7927

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7927 appears in 54 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. City in Canaan, later allotted to EphraimH7927G43 verses · 9 books
2. Founded the city where Dinah was rapedH7927H11 verses · Genesis

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• shechem50
• s2
• consent1
• sichem1
• thereof1

First verses

1. Genesis 12:6
   And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
2. Genesis 33:18
   And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
3. Genesis 33:19
   And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
4. Genesis 34:2
   And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
5. Genesis 34:4
   And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
6. Genesis 34:6
   And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7. Genesis 34:8
   And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
8. Genesis 34:11
   And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
9. Genesis 34:13
   And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
10. Genesis 34:18
    And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
11. Genesis 34:20
    And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
12. Genesis 34:24
    And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
13. Genesis 34:26
    And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
14. Genesis 35:4
    And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
15. Genesis 37:12
    And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
16. Genesis 37:13
    And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
17. Genesis 37:14
    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
18. Joshua 17:7
    And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En–tappuah.
19. Joshua 20:7
    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
20. Joshua 21:21
    For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,