שָׁכַן

sha.khan

Hebrew H7931 Verb 129 occurrences in 124 verses
שָׁכַן to dwell

1. to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside

a. (Qal)

1. to settle down to abide

2. to abide, dwell, reside

b. (Piel)

1. to make settle down, establish

2. to make or cause to dwell

c. (Hiphil)

1. to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix

2. to cause to dwell or abide

Aramaic equivalent: she.khan (שְׁכֵן "to dwell" H7932)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 124 verses

  1. Genesis 3:24 וַיַּשְׁכֵּן֩

    So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

  2. Genesis 9:27 וְיִשְׁכֹּ֖ן

    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

  3. Genesis 14:13 שֹׁכֵ֨ן

    Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the Oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

  4. Genesis 16:12 יִשְׁכֹּֽן׃

    He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

  5. Genesis 25:18 וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּ

    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

  6. Genesis 26:2 שְׁכֹ֣ן

    The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

  7. Genesis 35:22 בִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן

    While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

  8. Genesis 49:13 יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן

    Zebulun shall dwell by the seashore and become a harbor for ships; his border shall extend to Sidon.

  9. Exodus 24:16 וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֤ן

    and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

  10. Exodus 25:8 וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י

    And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.

  11. Exodus 29:45 וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י

    Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

  12. Exodus 29:46 לְשָׁכְנִ֣י

    And they will know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.

  13. Exodus 40:35 שָׁכַ֥ן

    Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  14. Leviticus 16:16 הַשֹּׁכֵ֣ן

    So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.

  15. Numbers 5:3 שֹׁכֵ֥ן

    You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”

  16. Numbers 9:17 יִשְׁכָּן־

    Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.

  17. Numbers 9:18 יִשְׁכֹּ֧ן

    At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.

  18. Numbers 9:22 לִשְׁכֹּ֣ן

    Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

  19. Numbers 10:12 וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן

    and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.

  20. Numbers 14:30 לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן

    Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

  21. Numbers 23:9 יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן

    For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

  22. Numbers 24:2 שֹׁכֵ֖ן

    When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

  23. Numbers 35:34 שֹׁכֵ֣ןשֹׁכֵ֕ן

    Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”

  24. Deuteronomy 12:5 לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹ

    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.

  25. Deuteronomy 12:11 לְשַׁכֵּ֤ן

    then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

  26. Deuteronomy 14:23 לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן

    And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.

  27. Deuteronomy 16:2 לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן

    You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

  28. Deuteronomy 16:6 לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן

    You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt.

  29. Deuteronomy 16:11 לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  30. Deuteronomy 26:2 לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן

    you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,

  31. Deuteronomy 33:12 יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןשָׁכֵֽן׃ס

    Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”

  32. Deuteronomy 33:16 שֹׁכְנִ֖י

    with the choice gifts of the land and everything in it, and with the favor of Him who dwelt in the burning bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph and crown the brow of the prince of his brothers.

  33. Deuteronomy 33:20 שָׁכֵ֔ן

    Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

  34. Deuteronomy 33:28 וַיִּשְׁכֹּן֩

    So Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.

  35. Joshua 18:1 וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּ

    Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

  36. Joshua 22:19 שָֽׁכַן־

    If indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.

  37. Judges 5:17 שָׁכֵ֔ןיִשְׁכּֽוֹן׃

    Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.

  38. Judges 8:11 הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣י

    And Gideon went up by way of the caravan route east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he attacked their army, taking them by surprise.

  39. 2 Samuel 7:10 וְשָׁכַ֣ן

    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

  40. 1 Kings 6:13 וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י

    And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.”

  41. 1 Kings 8:12 לִשְׁכֹּ֖ן

    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

  42. 1 Chronicles 17:9 וְשָׁכַ֣ן

    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

  43. 1 Chronicles 23:25 וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן

    For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

  44. 2 Chronicles 6:1 לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן

    Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

  45. Nehemiah 1:9 לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן

    but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

  46. Job 3:5 תִּשְׁכָּן־

    May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

  47. Job 4:19 שֹׁכְנֵ֬י

    how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!

  48. Job 11:14 תַּשְׁכֵּ֖ן

    if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

  49. Job 15:28 וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן׀

    he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.

  50. Job 18:15 תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן

    Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

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