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H7933 שֶׁכֶן (sheken) sheh'-ken

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

habitation

Strong's Definition

a residence

Derivation: from H7931 (שָׁכַן);

KJV Usage: habitation.

TWOT Reference: 2387a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dwelling

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שֵׁ֫כֶן (she.khen) — habitation. dwelling

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מִשְׁכָּן · שָׁכֵן · שְׁכֵנָה · שְׁכַנְיָה · שְׁכַנְיָהוּ

Dwell | verb qal, verb pe'al

to settle down, to stay, dwell = action by which humans or deities make a certain place or area their home

GEN 9:27 · GEN 14:13 · GEN 16:12 · GEN 25:18 · GEN 26:2 · GEN 35:22 · GEN 49:13 · EXO 24:16 · EXO 25:8 · EXO 29:45 · EXO 29:46 · EXO 40:35 · LEV 16:16 · NUM 5:3 · NUM 9:17 · NUM 9:18 · NUM 9:22 · NUM 10:12 · NUM 23:9 · NUM 24:2 · NUM 35:34 · NUM 35:34 · DEU 12:5 · DEU 33:12 · DEU 33:12 · DEU 33:16 · DEU 33:20 · DEU 33:28 · JOS 22:19 · JDG 5:17 · JDG 5:17 · JDG 8:11 · 2SA 7:10 · 1KI 6:13 · 1KI 8:12 · 1CH 17:9 · 1CH 23:25 · 2CH 6:1 · JOB 3:5 · JOB 15:28 · JOB 18:15 · JOB 26:5 · JOB 29:25 · JOB 30:6 · JOB 37:8 · JOB 38:19 · JOB 39:28 · PSA 15:1 · PSA 16:9 · PSA 37:3 · PSA 37:27 · PSA 37:29 · PSA 55:7 · PSA 65:5 · PSA 68:7 · PSA 68:17 · PSA 68:19 · PSA 69:37 · PSA 74:2 · PSA 85:10 · PSA 102:29 · PSA 104:12 · PSA 120:5 · PSA 120:6 · PSA 135:21 · PSA 139:9 · PRO 1:33 · PRO 2:21 · PRO 7:11 · PRO 8:12 · PRO 10:30 · ISA 8:18 · ISA 13:20 · ISA 13:21 · ISA 18:3 · ISA 32:16 · ISA 33:5 · ISA 33:16 · ISA 34:11 · ISA 34:17 · ISA 57:15 · ISA 57:15 · ISA 65:9 · JER 17:6 · JER 23:6 · JER 25:24 · JER 33:16 · JER 46:26 · JER 48:28 · JER 49:16 · JER 49:31 · JER 50:39 · JER 51:13 · EZK 17:23 · EZK 17:23 · EZK 31:13 · EZK 43:7 · EZK 43:9 · DAN 4:18 · JOL 4:17 · JOL 4:21 · OBA 1:3 · MIC 4:10 · MIC 7:14 · ZEC 2:14 · ZEC 2:15 · ZEC 8:3 · ZEC 8:8

Dwell | verb pi, verb hif

to cause to dwell = causative action by which deities cause humans to make a certain place or area their home

NUM 14:30 · PSA 78:55 · JER 7:3 · JER 7:7

Dwell | verb pi, verb pa

Collocation: שׁכן שֵׁם

to cause (one's) name to dwell, to establish (one's) name literally: to cause (one's) name to dwell (somewhere); hence: = action by which deities accept a certain place as their abode and make it bear their name

DEU 12:11 · DEU 14:23 · DEU 16:2 · DEU 16:6 · DEU 16:11 · DEU 26:2 · EZR 6:12 · NEH 1:9 · JER 7:12

Dead | verb qal

Collocation: שׁכן דּוּמָה

to dwell in silence > to go down to the world of the dead literally: to dwell in silence; hence: = process by which humans die and go down to the world of the dead

PSA 94:17

Dead | verb hif

Collocation: שׁכן כָּבֹוד לֶעָפָר

to make (someone) dwell in the dust literally: to cause (one's) glory (or one's self) to dwell towards the dust; hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to die a dishonorable death and go down to the world of the dead

PSA 7:6

Dead | verb qal

Collocation: שׁכן עָפָר

to dwell in the dust literally: to live in the dust; hence: = state in which humans have died and are in the world of the dead

ISA 26:19

Engage | verb hif

to let dwell, to let stay, to let abide, to let reside literally: (a quality) dwells; hence: = causative process by which humans allow a certain quality to become integrated into their way of life

JOB 11:14

Space | verb hif

to cause to settle, to place, to set up literally: to cause to dwell; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause objects or living creatures to be located in a certain place for an extended period of time

GEN 3:24 · JOS 18:1 · EZK 32:4

Stance | verb qal | ≈ נום

to lie down exact meaning unsure; literally: to dwell; hence, probably: = action by which humans lie down and refrain from any activity

NAM 3:18

Weak | verb qal

Collocation: שׁכן בָּתֵּי חֹמֶר

to dwell in houses of clay > to be a mortal human being literally: to dwell in houses of clay; hence: = state of being a mortal human being, living in a body that is bound to return to dust one day

JOB 4:19

1 JER 51:13 MT-K שׁכנתי | MT-Q שֹׁכַנְתְּ

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[שֵׁ֫כֶן?] n.m. dwelling;—sf. Dt 12:5 ref

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