BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G4966
Suchem — Shechem
Συχέμ indecl. (Heb. שְׁכֶם), Shechem; 1. the son of Hamor (Gen.33:19): Act.7:16 b, Rec. 2. A city of Samaria (AV, Sychem; in LXX also sometimes Σίκιμα, -ων, as in FlJ): Act.7:16 a,b.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →See SHECHEM.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
