Hebrew word study

שָׁכַןshâkan — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

Pronounced “shaw-kan'”

to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

Translated in the King James as: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

Appears 129 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×

Genesis 3:24 Genesis 9:27 Genesis 14:13 Genesis 16:12 Genesis 25:18 Genesis 26:2 Genesis 35:22 Genesis 49:13

Exodus — 5×

Exodus 24:16 Exodus 25:8 Exodus 29:45 Exodus 29:46 Exodus 40:35

Leviticus — 1×

Leviticus 16:16

Numbers — 10×

Numbers 5:3 Numbers 9:17 Numbers 9:18 Numbers 9:22 Numbers 10:12 Numbers 14:30 Numbers 23:9 Numbers 24:2 Numbers 35:34+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 12×

Deuteronomy 12:5 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 14:23 Deuteronomy 16:2 Deuteronomy 16:6 Deuteronomy 16:11 Deuteronomy 26:2 Deuteronomy 33:12 Deuteronomy 33:16 Deuteronomy 33:20 Deuteronomy 33:28+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 18:1 Joshua 22:19

Judges — 3×

Judges 5:17 Judges 8:11+ 1 more in Judges

2 Samuel — 1×

2 Sam 7:10

1 Kings — 2×

1 Ki 6:13 1 Ki 8:12

1 Chronicles — 2×

1 Chr 17:9 1 Chr 23:25

2 Chronicles — 1×

2 Chr 6:1

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 1:9

Job — 11×

Job 3:5 Job 4:19 Job 11:14 Job 15:28 Job 18:15 Job 26:5 Job 29:25 Job 30:6 Job 37:8 Job 38:19 Job 39:28

Psalms — 23×

Psalms 7:5 Psalms 15:1 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 37:3 Psalms 37:27 Psalms 37:29 Psalms 55:6 Psalms 65:4 Psalms 68:6 Psalms 68:16 Psalms 68:18 Psalms 69:36 Psalms 74:2 Psalms 78:55 Psalms 78:60 Psalms 85:9 Psalms 94:17 Psalms 102:28 Psalms 104:12 Psalms 120:5 Psalms 120:6 Psalms 135:21 Psalms 139:9

Proverbs — 5×

Proverbs 1:33 Proverbs 2:21 Proverbs 7:11 Proverbs 8:12 Proverbs 10:30

Isaiah — 13×

Isaiah 8:18 Isaiah 13:20 Isaiah 13:21 Isaiah 18:3 Isaiah 26:19 Isaiah 32:16 Isaiah 33:5 Isaiah 33:16 Isaiah 34:11 Isaiah 34:17 Isaiah 57:15 Isaiah 65:9+ 1 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 13×

Jeremiah 7:3 Jeremiah 7:7 Jeremiah 7:12 Jeremiah 17:6 Jeremiah 23:6 Jeremiah 25:24 Jeremiah 33:16 Jeremiah 46:26 Jeremiah 48:28 Jeremiah 49:16 Jeremiah 49:31 Jeremiah 50:39 Jeremiah 51:13

Ezekiel — 6×

Ezekiel 17:23 Ezekiel 31:13 Ezekiel 32:4 Ezekiel 43:7 Ezekiel 43:9+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Joel — 2×

Joel 3:17 Joel 3:21

Obadiah — 1×

Obadiah 1:3

Micah — 2×

Micah 4:10 Micah 7:14

Nahum — 1×

Nahum 3:18

Zechariah — 4×

Zech 2:10 Zech 2:11 Zech 8:3 Zech 8:8

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