שָׁכֵן
shâkên · shaw-kane'
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7931 (שָׁכַן);
a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
- a resident
- by extension, a fellow-citizen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
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 שָׁכֵן 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to our neighbours2 · 10%
- unto our neighbours2 · 10%
- and the neighbour2 · 10%
- of her neighbour1 · 5%
- let him and his neighbour1 · 5%
- and unto all the places nigh1 · 5%
- and the women her neighbours1 · 5%
- of all thy neighbours1 · 5%
- among my neighbours1 · 5%
- to his neighbours1 · 5%
- is a neighbour1 · 5%
- and the inhabitant1 · 5%
- upon them; the neighbour1 · 5%
- neighbours1 · 5%
- and his neighbours1 · 5%
- thy neighbours1 · 5%
- the inhabitants1 · 5%
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.