Shechem = "back" or "shoulder" a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria Also named: Suchem (Συχέμ "Shechem" G4966)
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H7927 — שְׁכֶם
she.khem · Shechem · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:6 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.Genesis 33:18 · שְׁכֶ֗םAnd Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which [is] in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.Genesis 33:19 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.Genesis 34:2 · שְׁכֶ֧םAnd when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.Genesis 34:4 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.Genesis 34:6 · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.Genesis 34:8 · שְׁכֶ֣םAnd Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.Genesis 34:11 · שְׁכֶם֙And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.Genesis 34:13 · שְׁכֶ֨םAnd the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Genesis 34:18 · שְׁכֶ֥םAnd their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.Genesis 34:20 · וּשְׁכֶ֥םAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,Genesis 34:24 · שְׁכֶ֣םAnd unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.Genesis 34:26 · שְׁכֶ֣ם · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.Genesis 35:4 · שְׁכֶֽם׃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.Genesis 37:12 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.Genesis 37:13 · בִּשְׁכֶ֔םAnd 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].Genesis 37:14 · שְׁכֶֽמָה׃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.Joshua 17:7 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd 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 Entappuah.Joshua 20:7 · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.Joshua 21:21 · שְׁכֶ֥םFor they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,Joshua 24:1 · שְׁכֶ֑מָהAnd 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.Joshua 24:25 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.Joshua 24:32 · בִשְׁכֶם֒ · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd 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.Judges 8:31 · בִּשְׁכֶ֔םAnd his concubine that [was] in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.Judges 9:1 · שְׁכֶ֔מָהAnd 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,Judges 9:2 · שְׁכֶם֮Speak, 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.Judges 9:3 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd 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.Judges 9:6 · שְׁכֶם֙ · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃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.Judges 9:7 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd 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.Judges 9:18 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd 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;)Judges 9:20 · שְׁכֶ֖ם · שְׁכֶם֙But 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.Judges 9:23 · שְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶ֖םThen God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:Judges 9:24 · שְׁכֶ֔םThat the cruelty [done] to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.Judges 9:25 · שְׁכֶ֜םAnd the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech.Judges 9:26 · בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶֽם׃And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.Judges 9:28 · שְׁכֶם֙ · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who [is] Abimelech, and who [is] Shechem, that we should serve him? [is] not [he] the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him?Judges 9:31 · שְׁכֶ֔מָהAnd he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.Judges 9:34 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Abimelech rose up, and all the people that [were] with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.Judges 9:39 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.Judges 9:41 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.Judges 9:46 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard [that], they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.Judges 9:47 · שְׁכֶֽם׃And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.Judges 9:49 · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.Judges 9:57 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.Judges 21:19 · שְׁכֶ֑מָהThen they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.1 Kings 12:1 · שְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.1 Kings 12:25 · שְׁכֶ֛םThen Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.1 Chronicles 6:67 · שְׁכֶ֥םAnd they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs,1 Chronicles 7:28 · וּשְׁכֶ֣םAnd their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:2 Chronicles 10:1 · שְׁכֶ֑מָה · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.Psalm 60:6 · שְׁכֶ֑םGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.Psalm 108:7 · שְׁכֶ֑םGod hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.Jeremiah 41:5 · מִשְּׁכֶ֞םThat there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.Hosea 6:9 · שֶׁ֑כְמָהAnd as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.