H7931 · שָׁכַן
shâkan · shaw-kan' · dwell, abide, place, remain
H7931 (shâkan, pronounced shaw-kan') is the Hebrew word שָׁכַן in Strong’s dictionary: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively). It appears 129 times in 124 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׁכַן (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shâkan
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kan'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));
- Definition
- to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
- Rendered in the KJV
- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
129 occurrences in 124 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “as a dwelling” ×7
- “dwell” ×6
- “will dwell” ×5
- “settled” ×4
- “to dwell” ×4
- “remained” ×3
- “He dwells” ×2
- “I will dwell” ×2
By book
Genesis 8 · Exodus 5 · Leviticus 1 · Numbers 9 · Deuteronomy 11 · Joshua 2 · Judges 2 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 2 · 1 Chronicles 2 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 11 · Psalms 23 · Proverbs 5 · Isaiah 12 · Jeremiah 13 · Ezekiel 5 · Joel 2 · Obadiah 1 · Micah 2 · Nahum 1 · Zechariah 4
First 30 of 124 verses
- Genesis 3:24
- Genesis 9:27
- Genesis 14:13
- Genesis 16:12
- Genesis 25:18
- Genesis 26:2
- Genesis 35:22
- Genesis 49:13
- Exodus 24:16
- Exodus 25:8
- Exodus 29:45
- Exodus 29:46
- Exodus 40:35
- Leviticus 16:16
- Numbers 5:3
- Numbers 9:17
- Numbers 9:18
- Numbers 9:22
- Numbers 10:12
- Numbers 14:30
- Numbers 23:9
- Numbers 24:2
- Numbers 35:34
- Deuteronomy 12:5
- Deuteronomy 12:11
- Deuteronomy 14:23
- Deuteronomy 16:2
- Deuteronomy 16:6
- Deuteronomy 16:11
- Deuteronomy 26:2
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7931.