H7932: שְׁכַן
shᵉkan · pronounced shek-an' · “to dwell”
Definition
{to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)}
KJV translates it as: cause to dwell, have habitation.
Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H7931 (שָׁכַן)
Extended definition
1) to dwell, reside
1a) (P'al) to dwell
1b) (Pael) to cause to dwell
1a) (P'al) to dwell
1b) (Pael) to cause to dwell
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7932 is translated
- he has caused to dwell ×1
- they dwelt ×1
Bible verses with H7932 (shᵉkan)
Shᵉkan appears in 2 verses.
- Ezra 6:12
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
- Daniel 4:21
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: