1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to settle down to abide 1a2) to abide, dwell, reside 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make settle down, establish 1b2) to make or cause to dwell 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix 1c2) to cause to dwell or abide Aramaic equivalent: she.khan (שְׁכֵן "to dwell" H7932)
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H7931 — שָׁכַן
sha.khan · to dwell · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 3:24 · וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.Genesis 9:27 · וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ןMay God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”Genesis 14:13 · שֹׁכֵ֨ןThen an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.Genesis 16:12 · יִשְׁכֹּֽן׃He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”Genesis 25:18 · וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּIshmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.Genesis 26:2 · שְׁכֹ֣ןThe LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.Genesis 35:22 · בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןWhile Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:Genesis 49:13 · יִשְׁכֹּ֑ןZebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.Exodus 24:16 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןand the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.Exodus 25:8 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יAnd they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.Exodus 29:45 · וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יThen I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.Exodus 29:46 · לְשָׁכְנִ֣יAnd they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.Exodus 40:35 · שָׁכַ֥ןMoses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Leviticus 16:16 · הַשֹּׁכֵ֣ןSo he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.Numbers 5:3 · שֹׁכֵ֥ןYou must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”Numbers 9:17 · יִשְׁכָּן־Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.Numbers 9:18 · יִשְׁכֹּ֧ןAt the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.Numbers 9:22 · לִשְׁכֹּ֣ןWhether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.Numbers 10:12 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןand the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.Numbers 14:30 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןSurely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.Numbers 23:9 · יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןFor I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.Numbers 24:2 · שֹׁכֵ֖ןWhen Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,Numbers 35:34 · שֹׁכֵ֣ן · שֹׁכֵ֕ןDo not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”Deuteronomy 12:5 · לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹInstead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.Deuteronomy 12:11 · לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןthen the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.Deuteronomy 14:23 · לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןAnd you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.Deuteronomy 16:2 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןYou are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.Deuteronomy 16:6 · לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןYou must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.Deuteronomy 16:11 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןand you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.Deuteronomy 26:2 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןyou are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,Deuteronomy 33:12 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן · שָׁכֵֽן׃ סConcerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”Deuteronomy 33:16 · שֹׁכְנִ֖יwith the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.Deuteronomy 33:20 · שָׁכֵ֔ןConcerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.Deuteronomy 33:28 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.Joshua 18:1 · וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּThen the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,Joshua 22:19 · שָֽׁכַן־If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.Judges 5:17 · שָׁכֵ֔ן · יִשְׁכּֽוֹן׃Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.Judges 8:11 · הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣יAnd Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.2 Samuel 7:10 · וְשָׁכַ֣ןAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning1 Kings 6:13 · וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יAnd I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”1 Kings 8:12 · לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןThen Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.1 Chronicles 17:9 · וְשָׁכַ֣ןAnd I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning1 Chronicles 23:25 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןFor David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.2 Chronicles 6:1 · לִשְׁכּ֖וֹןThen Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.Nehemiah 1:9 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןbut if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’Job 3:5 · תִּשְׁכָּן־May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.Job 4:19 · שֹׁכְנֵ֬יhow much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!Job 11:14 · תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןif you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,Job 15:28 · וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.Job 18:15 · תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןFire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.Job 26:5 · וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.Job 29:25 · וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹןI chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.Job 30:6 · לִשְׁכֹּ֑ןso that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.Job 37:8 · תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.Job 38:19 · יִשְׁכָּן־Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,Job 39:28 · יִ֭שְׁכֹּןHe dwells on a cliff and lodges there; his stronghold is on a rocky crag.Psalm 7:5 · יַשְׁכֵּ֣ןthen may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. SelahPsalm 15:1 · יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ןA Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?Psalm 16:9 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןTherefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.Psalm 37:3 · שְׁכָן־Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.Psalm 37:27 · וּשְׁכֹ֥ןTurn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.Psalm 37:29 · וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּThe righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.Psalm 55:6 · וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.Psalm 65:4 · יִשְׁכֹּ֪ןBlessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.Psalm 68:6 · שָׁכְנ֥וּGod settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.Psalm 68:16 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןWhy do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.Psalm 68:18 · לִשְׁכֹּ֤ן׀You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.Psalm 69:36 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.Psalm 74:2 · שָׁכַ֬נְתָּRemember Your congregation, which You purchased long ago and redeemed as the tribe of Your inheritance—Mount Zion, where You dwell.Psalm 78:55 · וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ןHe drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.Psalm 78:60 · שִׁכֵּ֥ןHe abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.Psalm 85:9 · לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןSurely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.Psalm 94:17 · שָֽׁכְנָ֖הUnless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.Psalm 102:28 · יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּThe children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”Psalm 104:12 · יִשְׁכּ֑וֹןThe birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.Psalm 120:5 · שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיWoe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!Psalm 120:6 · שָֽׁכְנָה־Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.Psalm 135:21 · שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ןBlessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!Psalm 139:9 · אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗הIf I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,Proverbs 1:33 · יִשְׁכָּן־But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”Proverbs 2:21 · יִשְׁכְּנוּFor the upright will inhabit the land, and the blameless will remain in it;Proverbs 7:11 · יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּShe is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.Proverbs 8:12 · שָׁכַ֣נְתִּיI, wisdom, dwell together with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.Proverbs 10:30 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־The righteous will never be shaken, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.Isaiah 8:18 · הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ןHere am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.Isaiah 13:20 · תִשְׁכֹּ֖ןShe will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.Isaiah 13:21 · וְשָׁ֤כְנוּBut desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.Isaiah 18:3 · וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵיAll you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.Isaiah 26:19 · שֹׁכְנֵ֣יYour dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.Isaiah 32:16 · וְשָׁכַ֥ןThen justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.Isaiah 33:5 · שֹׁכֵ֖ןThe LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.Isaiah 33:16 · יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןhe will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.Isaiah 34:11 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.Isaiah 34:17 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.Isaiah 57:15 · שֹׁכֵ֥ן · אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹןFor thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Isaiah 65:9 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־And I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and heirs from Judah; My elect will possess My mountains, and My servants will dwell there.Jeremiah 7:3 · וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣הThus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.Jeremiah 7:7 · וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤יthen I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.Jeremiah 7:12 · שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽיBut go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.Jeremiah 17:6 · וְשָׁכַ֤ןHe will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.Jeremiah 23:6 · יִשְׁכֹּ֣ןIn His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.Jeremiah 25:24 · הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖יםall the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;Jeremiah 33:16 · תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןIn those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.Jeremiah 46:26 · תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןI will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.Jeremiah 48:28 · וְשִׁכְנ֣וּAbandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.Jeremiah 49:16 · שֹֽׁכְנִי֙The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 49:31 · יִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.Jeremiah 50:39 · תִשְׁכּ֖וֹןSo the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.Jeremiah 51:13 · שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.Obadiah 1:3 · שֹׁכְנִ֥יThe pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’Micah 4:10 · וְשָׁכַ֣נְתְּWrithe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!Micah 7:14 · שֹׁכְנִ֣יShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Nahum 3:18 · יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּO king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.Zechariah 2:10 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.Zechariah 2:11 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.Zechariah 8:3 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יThis is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”Zechariah 8:8 · וְשָׁכְנ֖וּI will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”