שְׁכֶם
Shᵉkem · shek-em'
Shekem, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H7926 (שְׁכֶם); ridge;
Shekem, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shechem.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁכֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
63 occurrences · 63 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of shechem21 · 33%
- to shechem9 · 14%
- shechem7 · 11%
- and shechem6 · 10%
- in shechem3 · 5%
- that was in shechem2 · 3%
- of sichem1 · 2%
- shechem's1 · 2%
- and when shechem1 · 2%
- and unto shechem1 · 2%
- of shechem's1 · 2%
- which was by shechem1 · 2%
- the flock in shechem1 · 2%
- them shechem1 · 2%
- they in shechem1 · 2%
- and who is shechem1 · 2%
- against shechem1 · 2%
- thereof; shechem1 · 2%
- for to shechem1 · 2%
- from shechem1 · 2%
- by consent1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.