Strong H7927H7927Gשְׁכֶם

Definition

Meaning of the name

General definition

In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H7927G appears in 43 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• shechem40
• 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 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.
4. Genesis 37:12
   And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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,
10. Joshua 24:1
    And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
11. Joshua 24:25
    So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
12. Joshua 24:32
    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
13. Judges 8:31
    And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
14. Judges 9:1
    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
15. Judges 9:2
    Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
16. Judges 9:3
    And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
17. Judges 9:6
    And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
18. Judges 9:7
    And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
19. Judges 9:18
    And ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
20. Judges 9:20
    But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

Occurrences by book

• Genesis6
• Joshua6
• Judges22
• 1 Kings2
• 1 Chronicles2
• 2 Chronicles1
• Psalms2
• Jeremiah1
• Hosea1

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