Quick Definition
neighboring
Strong's Definition
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
Derivation: from H7931 (שָׁכַן);
KJV Usage: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
TWOT Reference: 2387b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) inhabitant, neighbour
1a) inhabitant
1b) neighbour
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁכֵן (sha.khen) — neighboring. 1) inhabitant, neighbour 1a) inhabitant 1b) neighbour
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁכן
1 2KI 4:3 MT-K שׁכנכי | MT-Q שְׁכֵנָיִךְ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁכֵן adj. inhabitant, neighbor base