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 he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.Genesis 9:27 · וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ןMay God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”Genesis 14:13 · שֹׁכֵ֨ןOne who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.Genesis 16:12 · יִשְׁכֹּֽן׃He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.”Genesis 25:18 · וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּThey lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.Genesis 26:2 · שְׁכֹ֣ןYahweh appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.Genesis 35:22 · בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןIt happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.Genesis 49:13 · יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן“Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.Exodus 24:16 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ןThe glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.Exodus 25:8 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יLet them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.Exodus 29:45 · וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יI will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.Exodus 29:46 · לְשָׁכְנִ֣יThey shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.Exodus 40:35 · שָׁכַ֥ןMoses wasn’t able to enter into the Tent of Meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh’s glory filled the tabernacle.Leviticus 16:16 · הַשֹּׁכֵ֣ןand he shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so he shall do for the Tent of Meeting, that dwells with them in the midst of their uncleanness.Numbers 5:3 · שֹׁכֵ֥ןBoth you shall put male and female outside of the camp; that they not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.”Numbers 9:17 · יִשְׁכָּן־Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.Numbers 9:18 · יִשְׁכֹּ֧ןAt the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.Numbers 9:22 · לִשְׁכֹּ֣ןWhether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn’t travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.Numbers 10:12 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןThe children of Israel went forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud stayed in the wilderness of Paran.Numbers 14:30 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןsurely you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore that I would make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.Numbers 23:9 · יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןFor from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.Numbers 24:2 · שֹׁכֵ֖ןBalaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.Numbers 35:34 · שֹׁכֵ֣ן · שֹׁכֵ֕ןYou shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Yahweh, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.’”Deuteronomy 12:5 · לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹBut to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, even to his habitation you shall seek, and there you shall come;Deuteronomy 12:11 · לְשַׁכֵּ֤ןthen it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.Deuteronomy 14:23 · לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןYou shall eat before Yahweh your God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear Yahweh your God always.Deuteronomy 16:2 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןYou shall sacrifice the Passover to Yahweh your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Yahweh shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.Deuteronomy 16:6 · לְשַׁכֵּ֣ןbut at the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.Deuteronomy 16:11 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןand you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your male servant, and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates, and the foreigner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are in the midst of you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.Deuteronomy 26:2 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןthat you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you; and you shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.Deuteronomy 33:12 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ן · שָׁכֵֽן׃ סOf Benjamin he said, “The beloved of Yahweh shall dwell in safety by him. He covers him all the day long. He dwells between his shoulders.”Deuteronomy 33:16 · שֹׁכְנִ֖יfor the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.Deuteronomy 33:20 · שָׁכֵ֔ןOf Gad he said, “He who enlarges Gad is blessed. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head.Deuteronomy 33:28 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.Joshua 18:1 · וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּThe whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.Joshua 22:19 · שָֽׁכַן־However, if the land of your possession is unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh’s tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us; but don’t rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building an altar other than the altar of Yahweh our God.Judges 5:17 · שָׁכֵ֔ן · יִשְׁכּֽוֹן׃Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.Judges 8:11 · הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣יGideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the army; for the army was secure.2 Samuel 7:10 · וְשָׁכַ֣ןI will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,1 Kings 6:13 · וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔יI will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”1 Kings 8:12 · לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןThen Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.1 Chronicles 17:9 · וְשָׁכַ֣ןI will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,1 Chronicles 23:25 · וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןFor David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.2 Chronicles 6:1 · לִשְׁכּ֖וֹןThen Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.Nehemiah 1:9 · לְשַׁכֵּ֥ןbut if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’Job 3:5 · תִּשְׁכָּן־Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.Job 4:19 · שֹׁכְנֵ֬יHow much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!Job 11:14 · תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןIf iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.Job 15:28 · וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.Job 18:15 · תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןThere shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.Job 26:5 · וְשֹׁכְנֵיהֶֽם׃“Those who are deceased tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.Job 29:25 · וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹןI chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.Job 30:6 · לִשְׁכֹּ֑ןSo that they dwell in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.Job 37:8 · תִשְׁכֹּֽן׃Then the animals take cover, and remain in their dens.Job 38:19 · יִשְׁכָּן־“What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is its place,Job 39:28 · יִ֭שְׁכֹּןOn the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.Psalm 7:5 · יַשְׁכֵּ֣ןlet the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.Psalm 15:1 · יִ֝שְׁכֹּ֗ןA Psalm by David. Yahweh, who shall dwell in your sanctuary? Who shall live on your holy hill?Psalm 16:9 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןTherefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.Psalm 37:3 · שְׁכָן־Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.Psalm 37:27 · וּשְׁכֹ֥ןDepart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever.Psalm 37:29 · וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּThe righteous shall inherit the land, and live in it forever.Psalm 55:6 · וְאֶשְׁכֹּֽנָה׃I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.Psalm 65:4 · יִשְׁכֹּ֪ןBlessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.Psalm 68:6 · שָׁכְנ֥וּGod sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.Psalm 68:16 · יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןWhy do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.Psalm 68:18 · לִשְׁכֹּ֤ן׀You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.Psalm 69:36 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.Psalm 74:2 · שָׁכַ֬נְתָּRemember your congregation, which you purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your inheritance; Mount Zion, in which you have lived.Psalm 78:55 · וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ןHe also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.Psalm 78:60 · שִׁכֵּ֥ןSo that he forsook the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;Psalm 85:9 · לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןSurely his salvation is near those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.Psalm 94:17 · שָֽׁכְנָ֖הUnless Yahweh had been my help, my soul would have soon lived in silence.Psalm 102:28 · יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּThe children of your servants will continue. Their seed will be established before you.”Psalm 104:12 · יִשְׁכּ֑וֹןThe birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.Psalm 120:5 · שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיWoe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!Psalm 120:6 · שָֽׁכְנָה־My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.Psalm 135:21 · שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ןBlessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!Psalm 139:9 · אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗הIf I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;Proverbs 1:33 · יִשְׁכָּן־But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”Proverbs 2:21 · יִשְׁכְּנוּFor the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it.Proverbs 7:11 · יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּShe is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.Proverbs 8:12 · שָׁכַ֣נְתִּי“I, wisdom, have made prudence my dwelling. Find out knowledge and discretion.Proverbs 10:30 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.Isaiah 8:18 · הַשֹּׁכֵ֖ןBehold, I and the children whom Yahweh has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Yahweh of Armies, who dwells in Mount Zion.Isaiah 13:20 · תִשְׁכֹּ֖ןIt will never be inhabited, neither will it be lived in from generation to generation. The Arabian will not pitch a tent there, neither will shepherds make their flocks lie down there.Isaiah 13:21 · וְשָׁ֤כְנוּBut wild animals of the desert will lie there, and their houses will be full of jackals. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will frolic there.Isaiah 18:3 · וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵיAll you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when a banner is lifted up on the mountains, look! When the trumpet is blown, listen!Isaiah 26:19 · שֹׁכְנֵ֣יYour dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.Isaiah 32:16 · וְשָׁכַ֥ןThen justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.Isaiah 33:5 · שֹׁכֵ֖ןYahweh is exalted, for he dwells on high. He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.Isaiah 33:16 · יִשְׁכֹּ֔ןhe will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.Isaiah 34:11 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it. The owl and the raven will dwell in it. He will stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.Isaiah 34:17 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־He has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them with a measuring line. They shall possess it forever. From generation to generation they will dwell in it.Isaiah 57:15 · שֹׁכֵ֥ן · אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹןFor thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.Isaiah 65:9 · יִשְׁכְּנוּ־I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains; and my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there.Jeremiah 7:3 · וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣הThus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.Jeremiah 7:7 · וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤יthen will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even forevermore.Jeremiah 7:12 · שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽיBut go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.Jeremiah 17:6 · וְשָׁכַ֤ןFor he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.Jeremiah 23:6 · יִשְׁכֹּ֣ןIn his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.Jeremiah 25:24 · הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖יםand all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed people who dwell in the wilderness;Jeremiah 33:16 · תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןIn those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name by which she shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.Jeremiah 46:26 · תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ןand I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 48:28 · וְשִׁכְנ֣וּYou inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock; and be like the dove that makes her nest over the mouth of the abyss.Jeremiah 49:16 · שֹֽׁכְנִי֙As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says Yahweh.Jeremiah 49:31 · יִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃Arise, go up to a nation that is at ease, that dwells without care, says Yahweh; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.Jeremiah 50:39 · תִשְׁכּ֖וֹןTherefore the wild animals of the desert with the wolves shall dwell there, and the ostriches shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited forever; neither shall it be lived in from generation to generation.Jeremiah 51:13 · שֹׁכַנְתְּ֙You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.Obadiah 1:3 · שֹׁכְנִ֥יThe pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’Micah 4:10 · וְשָׁכַ֣נְתְּBe in pain, and labor to bring forth, daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now you will go forth out of the city, and will dwell in the field, and will come even to Babylon. There you will be rescued. There Yahweh will redeem you from the hand of your enemies.Micah 7:14 · שֹׁכְנִ֣יShepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest, in the midst of fertile pasture land, let them feed; in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Nahum 3:18 · יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּYour shepherds slumber, king of Assyria. Your nobles lie down. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.Zechariah 2:10 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥יSing and rejoice, daughter of Zion; for, behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you,’ says Yahweh.Zechariah 2:11 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣יMany nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.Zechariah 8:3 · וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖יThus says Yahweh: “I have returned to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called ‘The City of Truth;’ and the mountain of Yahweh of Armies, ‘The Holy Mountain.’”Zechariah 8:8 · וְשָׁכְנ֖וּand I will bring them, and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.”