Shakhan שָׁכַן

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Shakhan
שָׁכַן
Transliterationshakhan
Strong's numberH7931
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto dwell
Occurrences129 in 124 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (23)

Shakhan (Hebrew שָׁכַן, Strong's H7931) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to dwell”. It occurs 129 times in 124 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to settle down to abide
1a2) to abide, dwell, reside
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make settle down, establish
1b2) to make or cause to dwell
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix
1c2) to cause to dwell or abide
Aramaic equivalent: she.khan (שְׁכֵן "to dwell" H7932)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdwell (69), dwelt (11), dwelleth (9), abode (6), place (5), remain (3), dwellest (3), placed (2), set (2), rest (2), inhabit (2), remaineth (1), and 13 other renderings
BSBdwell (13), dwelling (9), will dwell (6), settled (5), i will dwell (5), settle (4), remained (4), may dwell (3), was living (2), dwells (2), they may dwell (2), he would dwell (2), and 63 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Shakhan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

2 Samuel

1 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Joel

Obadiah

Micah

Nahum

Zechariah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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