H7926 - שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem)

H7926 שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem) shek-em'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shoulder

Strong's Definition

the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill

Derivation: from H7925 (שָׁכַם);

KJV Usage: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.

TWOT Reference: 2386a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) shoulder, back

1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade

1b) back (in general)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2218 G3577 G4966 G5606

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) shoulder, back 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade 1b) back (in general) Also means: shikh.mah (שִׁכְמָה "shoulder" H7929)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁכֶם shekem BDB Definition: 1) shoulder, back 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade 1b) back (in general) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7925 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2386a Total KJV Occurrences: 22

Bible Occurrences (21)

9:23 21:14 24:15 24:45 48:22 49:15

12:34

4:5

9:48

9:2 10:9 10:23

31:36

21:12 81:6

9:4 9:6 10:27 14:25 22:22

3:9

Genesis 9:23

Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across... their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water...,...... put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy.... She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 24:15

Before [the servant] had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:45

And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, Please give me a drink.

Genesis 48:22

And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.

Genesis 49:15

He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Exodus 12:34

So the people took their dough before it was leavened, [carrying it] on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.

Joshua 4:5

and said to them,... Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,