H7926 · שְׁכֶם
shᵉkem · shek-em' · shoulder, back
H7926 (shᵉkem, pronounced shek-em') is the Hebrew word שְׁכֶם in Strong’s dictionary: the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens. It appears 21 times in 21 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שְׁכֶם (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shᵉkem
- Pronunciation
- shek-em'
- Derivation
- from H7925 (שָׁכַם);
- Definition
- the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
- Rendered in the KJV
- back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
21 occurrences in 21 verses (19 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “his shoulder” ×5
- “their shoulders” ×4
- “her shoulder” ×2
- “His shoulders” ×1
- “a head” ×1
- “he was a head” ×1
- “my shoulder” ×1
- “ridge of land” ×1
By book
Genesis 6 · Exodus 1 · Joshua 1 · Judges 1 · 1 Samuel 3 · Job 1 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 5 · Zephaniah 1
Verses
- Genesis 9:23
- Genesis 21:14
- Genesis 24:15
- Genesis 24:45
- Genesis 48:22
- Genesis 49:15
- Exodus 12:34
- Joshua 4:5
- Judges 9:48
- 1 Samuel 9:2
- 1 Samuel 10:9
- 1 Samuel 10:23
- Job 31:36
- Psalms 21:12
- Psalms 81:6
- Isaiah 9:4
- Isaiah 9:6
- Isaiah 10:27
- Isaiah 14:25
- Isaiah 22:22
- Zephaniah 3:9
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7926.