Shakhen שָׁכֵן

Shakhen (Hebrew שָׁכֵן, Strong's H7934) is a Hebrew noun meaning “neighboring”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Exodus

• Exodus 3:22
  But every woman shall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians.Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
• Exodus 12:4
  And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:7
  Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.

Ruth

• Ruth 4:17
  And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 4:3
  Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Psalms

• Psalm 31:11
  I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
• Psalm 44:13
  Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
• Psalm 79:4
  We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
• Psalm 79:12
  And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
• Psalm 80:6
  Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
• Psalm 89:41
  All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 27:10
  Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 33:24
  And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:21
  Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
• Jeremiah 12:14
  Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.This is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
• Jeremiah 49:10
  But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
• Jeremiah 49:18
  As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
• Jeremiah 50:40
  As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:26
  Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.You prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.

Hosea

• Hosea 10:5
  The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.

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).