שְׁכַן
shᵉkan · H7932 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to settle down, to stay, dwell
Action by which humans or deities make a certain place or area their home
ExamplesDaniel 4:21 and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the animals of the field lived and in whose branches the birds of the sky settled—
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Literally: to cause (one's) name to dwell (somewhere); hence: action by which deities accept a certain place as their abode and make it bear their name (to cause (one's) name to dwell, to establish (one's) name)
ExamplesEzra 6:12 “May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy that house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree; it is to be carried out with all diligence!”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- צְפַרbird 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שֻׁםname 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ עֲנַףbough 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- תָּםthence 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- גּוּר gûwr · H1481 · to sojourn, to live as alien, to dwell
- גּוּר (gûwr, H1481) (abide, dwell, sojourn) and שְׁכַן (shᵉkan, H7932) (cause to dwell, have habitation) are genuine dwelling-related synonyms in Hebrew, though שְׁכַן (shᵉkan, H7932) appears causative. The relationship is real but evidence is limited by שְׁכַן (shᵉkan, H7932)'s rarity.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Dwell002002001005
- Ezra 6:12 recounts that “the God who has caused His name to dwell there.”
- Dead002001001018
- This Dead code is inherited from the shared listing with שָׁכַן (shâkan, H7931) (the broader Hebrew verb for dwelling, abiding, or inhabiting); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested causing a name or a creature to dwell/settle somewhere sense.
- Engage002003003011
- This Engage code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁכַן (shâkan, H7931) and does not independently apply to the causing a name or a creature to dwell/settle somewhere sense.
- Space002002001017
- Daniel 4:21 recounts that “under which the animals of the field lived and in whose branches the birds of the sky settled.”
- Stance002001001061
- This Stance code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁכַן (shâkan, H7931) and does not independently apply to the causing a name or a creature to dwell/settle somewhere sense.
- Weak002001001069
- This Weak code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁכַן (shâkan, H7931) and does not independently apply to the causing a name or a creature to dwell/settle somewhere sense.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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