H7931: שָׁכַן

Extended definition

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7931 is translated

• dwell ×11
• they will dwell ×10
• i will dwell ×8
• cause to dwell ×8
• he will dwell ×6
• it dwells ×6
• it will dwell ×6
• it settled down ×4
• he dwells ×4
• am dwelling ×3
• he dwelt ×3
• i dwell ×3

Bible verses with H7931 (shâkan)

Shâkan appears in 124 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Genesis 3:24

  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

• Genesis 9:27

  God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

• Genesis 14:13

  And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

• Genesis 16:12

  And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

• Genesis 25:18

  And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

• Genesis 26:2

  And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

• Genesis 35:22

  And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

• Genesis 49:13

  Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

• Exodus 24:16

  And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

• Exodus 25:8

  And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

• Exodus 29:45

  And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

• Exodus 29:46

  And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

• Exodus 40:35

  And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

• Leviticus 16:16

  And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.

• Numbers 5:3

  Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.

• Numbers 9:17

  And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

• Numbers 9:18

  At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

• Numbers 9:22

  Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

• Numbers 10:12

  And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

• Numbers 14:30

  Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

• Numbers 23:9

  For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

• Numbers 24:2

  And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

• Numbers 35:34

  Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

• Deuteronomy 12:5

  But unto the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

• Deuteronomy 12:11

  Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord:

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