Shechem
שְׁכֶםStrong’s H7927shekhem (she-khem)
Appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shekhem is the Hebrew word usually translated “shechem”, “shechem towards” and “at shechem”. It appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.”
Meaning
- Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"
- Son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival
- A city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria
How it's translated
- shechem 45
- shechem towards 7
- at shechem 5
- in shechem 3
- and shechem 2
- from shechem 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 22
- Genesis 17
- Joshua 6
- 1 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Psalms 2
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
- Genesis 33:19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
- Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- Genesis 34:4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
- Genesis 34:6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
- Genesis 34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
All 54 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁכֶם shekhem · Shechem
Shechem = "back" or "shoulder" a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria Also named: Suchem (Συχέμ "Shechem" G4966)
שְׁכֶם shekhem · Shechem
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.33.19; son of: Hamor (H2544) § Shechem = "back" or "shoulder" 1) son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival 2) a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.