Lexicon Shekem: "ridge," a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor Original Word: שְׁכֶםPart of Speech: proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine Transliteration: Shekem Phonetic Spelling: (shek-em') Short Definition: Shechem NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as shekemDefinition"ridge," a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor NASB TranslationShechem (61), Shechem's (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. שְׁכֶם proper name, of a location49 and masculine 14 ( Συξεμ; ᵐ5L often Σίκιμα Lag BN 57): 1 district in Northern Palestine (probably shoulder (saddle ?) of mountain); — ׳מְקוֺם שׁ Genesis 12:6, שְׁכֶ֑מָךְ Genesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם, Hosea 6:9 שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ) Joshua 24:1; ׳עִיר שׁ Genesis 33:18 20t. Judges 9 (׳בַּעֲלֵי שׁ Genesis 33:2 12t., ׳מִגְדַּלשֿׁ ׳ב Genesis 33:46; Genesis 33:47), Hosea 6:9 21t. (׳עִיר שׁ Genesis 33:18); city of refuge Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:21; 1 Chronicles 6:52. — WMMAs.u.Eur.394, compare Egyptian Sa-ka-ma; (compare JenZA x (1895) 356); modern Nablûs (from Roman name Neapolis); see BuhlG 200 f. GASmG 332 ff. 345 WilsonsHast. DB SHECHEM. 2. proper name, masculine (on connection with 1 compare Judges 9:28), 'son' of Hamor, also Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2 10t. 34, Joshua 24:3.
Strong's Shechem The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine -- Shechem. see HEBREW shkem |
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