Shekhan שְׁכֵן

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Shekhan
שְׁכֵן
Transliterationshekhan
Strong's numberH7932
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechverb
Glossto dwell
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent inEzra (1)

Shekhan (Aramaic שְׁכֵן, Strong's H7932) is an Aramaic verb meaning “to dwell”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to dwell, reside
1a) (P'al) to dwell
1b) (Pael) to cause to dwell

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

Translated as

KJVdwell (1), habitation (1)
BSBdwell (1), nested (1)

Verses

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

Ezra

Daniel

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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