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 passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite is then in the land.Genesis 33:18 · שְׁכֶ֗םAnd Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,Genesis 33:19 · שְׁכֶ֑םand he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;Genesis 34:2 · שְׁכֶ֧םand Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;Genesis 34:4 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, ‘Take for me this damsel for a wife.’Genesis 34:6 · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;Genesis 34:8 · שְׁכֶ֣םAnd Hamor speaketh with them, saying, ‘Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,Genesis 34:11 · שְׁכֶם֙And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, ‘Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;Genesis 34:13 · שְׁכֶ֨םAnd the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),Genesis 34:18 · שְׁכֶ֥םAnd their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son;Genesis 34:20 · וּשְׁכֶ֥םAnd Hamor cometh—Shechem his son also—unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,Genesis 34:24 · שְׁכֶ֣םAnd unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.Genesis 34:26 · שְׁכֶ֣ם · שְׁכֶ֖םand Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and go out.Genesis 35:4 · שְׁכֶֽם׃And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;Genesis 37:12 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,Genesis 37:13 · בִּשְׁכֶ֔םand Israel saith unto Joseph, ‘Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;’ and he saith to him, ‘Here am I;’Genesis 37:14 · שְׁכֶֽמָה׃and he saith to him, ‘Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;’ and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.Joshua 17:7 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which is on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.Joshua 20:7 · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd they sanctify Kedesh in Galilee, in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Kirjath-Arba (it is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah;Joshua 21:21 · שְׁכֶ֥םand they give to them the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Shechem and its suburbs, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,Joshua 24:1 · שְׁכֶ֑מָהAnd Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its authorities, and they station themselves before God.Joshua 24:25 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And Joshua maketh a covenant with the people on that day, and layeth on it a statute and an ordinance, in Shechem.Joshua 24:32 · בִשְׁכֶם֒ · שְׁכֶ֖םAnd the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem, with a hundred kesitah; and they are to the sons of Joseph for an inheritance.Judges 8:31 · בִּשְׁכֶ֔םand his concubine, who is in Shechem, hath born to him—even she—a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.Judges 9:1 · שְׁכֶ֔מָהand Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother’s brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto 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 masters of Shechem, Which is good for you—the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man?—and ye have remembered that I am your bone and your flesh.’Judges 9:3 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd his mother’s brethren speak concerning him, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, all these words, and their heart inclineth after Abimelech, for they said, ‘He is our brother;’Judges 9:6 · שְׁכֶם֙ · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which is in Shechem;Judges 9:7 · שְׁכֶ֔םand they declare it to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, ‘Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:Judges 9:18 · שְׁכֶ֔םand ye have risen against the house of my father to-day, and slay his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and cause Abimelech son of his handmaid to reign over the masters of Shechem, because he is your brother—Judges 9:20 · שְׁכֶ֖ם · שְׁכֶם֙and if not—fire cometh out from Abimelech and devoureth the masters of Shechem and the house of Millo, and fire cometh out from the masters of Shechem and from the house of Millo, and devoureth Abimelech.’Judges 9:23 · שְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶ֖םand God sendeth an evil spirit between Abimelech and the masters of Shechem, and the masters of Shechem deal treacherously with Abimelech,Judges 9:24 · שְׁכֶ֔םfor the coming in of the violence to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and of their blood to place it on Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and on the masters of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.Judges 9:25 · שְׁכֶ֜םAnd the masters of Shechem set for him ambushes on the top of the hills, and rob every one who passeth over by them in the way, and it is declared to Abimelech.Judges 9:26 · בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶֽם׃And Gaal son of Ebed cometh—also his brethren—and they pass over into Shechem, and the masters of Shechem trust in him,Judges 9:28 · שְׁכֶם֙ · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Gaal son of Ebed saith, ‘Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we serve him? is he not son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his commander? Serve ye the men of Hamor father of Shechem, and wherefore do we serve him—we?Judges 9:31 · שְׁכֶ֔מָהand he sendeth messengers unto Abimelech deceitfully, saying, ‘Lo, Gaal son of Ebed and his brethren are coming into Shechem, and lo, they are fortifying the city against thee;Judges 9:34 · שְׁכֶ֔םAnd Abimelech riseth, and all the people who are with him, by night, and they lay wait against Shechem—four detachments;Judges 9:39 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd Gaal goeth out before the masters of Shechem, and fighteth against Abimelech,Judges 9:41 · בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃And Abimelech abideth in Arumah, and Zebul casteth out Gaal and his brethren from dwelling in Shechem.Judges 9:46 · שְׁכֶ֑םAnd all the masters of the tower of Shechem hear, and go in unto the high place of the house of the god Berith,Judges 9:47 · שְׁכֶֽם׃and it is declared to Abimelech that all the masters of the tower of Shechem have gathered themselves together,Judges 9:49 · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd all the people also cut down each one his bough, and go after Abimelech, and set them at the high place, and burn by these the high place with fire, and also all the men of the tower of Shechem die, about a thousand men and women.Judges 9:57 · שְׁכֶ֔םand all the evil of the men of Shechem hath God turned back on their head, and come unto them doth the cursing of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.Judges 21:19 · שְׁכֶ֑מָהAnd they say, ‘Lo, a festival of Jehovah is in Shiloh, from time to time, which is on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.’1 Kings 12:1 · שְׁכֶ֑ם · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.1 Kings 12:25 · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd Jeroboam buildeth Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelleth in it, and goeth out thence, and buildeth Penuel;1 Chronicles 6:67 · שְׁכֶ֥םand they give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, and Gezer and its suburbs,1 Chronicles 7:28 · וּשְׁכֶ֣םAnd their possession and their dwellings are Beth-El and its small towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its small towns, unto Gaza and its small towns;2 Chronicles 10:1 · שְׁכֶ֑מָה · שְׁכֶ֛םAnd Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem have all Israel come to cause him to reign.Psalm 60:6 · שְׁכֶ֑םGod hath spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,Psalm 108:7 · שְׁכֶ֑םGod hath spoken in His holiness: I exult, I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,Jeremiah 41:5 · מִשְּׁכֶ֞םthat men come in from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria—eighty men—with shaven beards, and rent garments, and cutting themselves, and an offering and frankincense in their hand, to bring in to the house of Jehovah.Hosea 6:9 · שֶׁ֑כְמָהAnd as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder—the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done.