שָׁכַן
shâkan · shaw-kan'
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁכַן 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
129 occurrences · 129 OT · 0 NT · 102 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall dwell12 · 17%
- dwell6 · 8%
- to place5 · 7%
- abode5 · 7%
- and i will dwell4 · 6%
- and dwell4 · 6%
- dwelt3 · 4%
- i dwell3 · 4%
- dwelleth3 · 4%
- o thou that dwellest3 · 4%
- to dwell3 · 4%
- them, and they shall dwell2 · 3%
- that he would dwell2 · 3%
- which dwelleth2 · 3%
- which dwell2 · 3%
- neither shall it be dwelt2 · 3%
- that i may dwell2 · 3%
- rested1 · 1%
- remaining1 · 1%
- that remaineth1 · 1%
- and they dwelt1 · 1%
- against him; and he shall dwell1 · 1%
- for he dwelt1 · 1%
- and he shall dwell1 · 1%
- and he placed1 · 1%
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.