7931. shakan or shaken
Lexical Summary
shakan or shaken: to settle down, abide, dwell
Original Word: שָׁכַן
Transliteration: shakan or shaken
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-kan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to settle down, abide, dwell
Meaning: to settle down, abide, dwell
Strong's Concordance
abide, continue, cause to, make to dweller, have habitation, inhabit, lay, place,

A primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to shakab through the idea of lodging; compare cikluwth, shakam); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively) -- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).

see HEBREW cikluwth

see HEBREW shakam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7931. shakan

or shaken שָׁכֵ֑ן שָׁכַן,verb settle down, abide, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Ecclus 43:17d +; Phoenician שכן‎ Lzb375; Aramaic שְׁכֵין‎; Syriac , all dwell; Arabic rest, dwell, compare Assyrian šakânu, set, lay, deposit, set up (a dwelling), intransitive be situated (of city), maškanu, place, dwelling-place); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁExodus 40:35 5t.; שָׁכֵ֑ןDeuteronomy 33:12 2t., etc.; Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁכֹּןGenesis 16:12 +; יִשְׁכָּןֿNumbers 9:17 2t.; 3 masculine plural יִשְׁכֹּ֑נוּJeremiah 49:31; 3feminine plural תִּשְׁכֹּ֑נָּהEzekiel 17:23, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שְׁכֹןGenesis 26:2; Psalm 37:27; שְׁכָןֿ37:3; masculine plural שִׁכְנוּ‎. Jeremiah 48:28; Infinitive construct בִּשְׁכֹּן‎ (Ges§ 45g) Genesis 35:22, לִשְׁמֹּן2 Chronicles 6:1, etc.; suffix שָׁכְּנִיExodus 29:46; שִׁכְנוֺDeuteronomy 12:5 (but see Pi`el 1), etc.; Participle שֹׁכֵןGenesis 14:13 +, שֹׁכְּנִי‎ (Ges§ 90 l m) Deuteronomy 33:16 3t.; suffix feminine singular שֹׁכַנְתְּיJeremiah 51:13; Passive participle, apparently plural construct with art, הַשְּׁכוּנֵיJudges 8:11 (but corrupt, proper name, of a location needed, see GFM): —

1 settle down to abide:

a. of person: encamp Numbers 24:2 (E); settle permanently Psalm 102:29 (absolute: "" יִכּוֺן‎); ׳שׁ כמלךJob 29:25 ("" ישׁב‎); settle down (to remain) Judges 5:17; תַּחְתָּיו2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9 (not to be removed); especially at rest, peace, in security, לבטחJeremiah 23:6; 33:16; Deuteronomy 33:12, compare כתפים בין33:12; Psalm 16:9 (ןן שׂמח‎); בטחDeuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (ל)בדדNumbers 23:9 (poem) Jeremiah 49:31; Micah 7:14; land of Egypt Jeremiah 46:26 (remain undisturbed), so 50:39; Isaiah 13:20 ("" תֵּשֵׁב‎, compare ישׁב

4); with מרומיםIsaiah 33:16; absolute Nahum 3:18, subject אדּירים‎ (We רָֽשְׁנוּ‎, Now יִשְׁכְּבוּ‎; "" נָמוּ‎); Proverbs 7:11 her feet tarry not in her house.

b. of animals: כְּלָבִיאDeuteronomy 33:20; ב‎ location Isaiah 34:11; Job 37:8; שָׁםIsaiah 13:21; birds ׳שׁ תַּחַת‎ (under) Ezekiel 17:23, ׳שׁ בְּצֵל17:23; with עַל‎ = upon 31:13, = by Psalm 104:12; with accusative סֶלַעJob 39:28; absolute, of man under figure of bird, וְאֶשְׁכֹּ֑נָה אָע֫וּפָהPsalm 55:7.

c. things: with עַל‎ of cloud, Job 3:5 settle down over; compare Exodus 24:16; 40:35; Numbers 9:17-18, 22 (all P); with בְּ10:12 (P).

2 abide, dwell:

a. of men: absolute Psalm 37:27 (לְעוֺלָם‎); שָׁ֫מָּהIsaiah 65:9; with ב‎ location Psalm 69:37; Job 18:15; 30:6; Micah 4:10; Jeremiah 48:28 10t.; יִמִּים לְחוֺףGenesis 49:13; with עַל‎, by Judges 5:17; Jeremiah 51:13; upon Jeremiah 37:29; פני עלGenesis 16:12 (J); with עִםwith Psalm 120:5; 120:6; with accusative Proverbs 2:21; Jeremiah 17:5 5t.; עַד ֗֗֗ מִןGenesis 25:18 (J); אָ֑רֶץ שֹׁכְנֵיIsaiah 18:3 ("" תֵבֵל ישְׁבֵי‎).

b. of the dead: עָפָר שֹׁכְנֵיIsaiah 26:19 ("" רְפָאִים‎); compare Job 26:5 ("" id.), so mortals; חֹמֶר בָתֵּי שֹׁכְנֵי4:19; ׳שׁ דוּמָהPsalm 94:17 (i.e. שׁאול‎).

c. of God: ׳שׁ בָּֽעֲרָפֶל1 Kings 8:12 2 Chronicles 6:1 (poem); מָרוֺםIsaiah 33:5; עַד57:15; וְקָדוֺשׁ מָרוֺם57:15; ׳שׁ סְנֶהDeuteronomy 33:16 (theoph.); בְּאָֽהֳלֵישֵֿׁםGenesis 9:27 (J, see BrMP 82; al. Japheth subject); בְּתוֺכָםExodus 25:8; 29:46; Numbers 5:3 (all P), Ezekiel 43:9; with בְּתוֺךְ‎ elsewhere Exodus 29:45 (P) + 6 t.; ב‎ location Psalm 85:10; later בְּצִיּוֺן‎ Joel 4:17; Joel 4:21; צִיּוֺן בְּהַרIsaiah 8:18; Psalm 68:17; 68:19 (absolute) + 4 t.; יְרוּשָׁלִַם שֹׁכֵן135:21.

d. things: מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל‎, with אתLeviticus 16:16 (P); י ׳מִשְׁכַּן שָׁםJoshua 22:19 (P); אוֺרJob 38:19.

e. abstract subj,: מִשְׁמָּטIsaiah 32:16 (בַּמִּדְבָּר‎); חָכְמָה‎ with accusative עָרְמָהProverbs 8:12.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular שִׁכֵּןPsalm 78:60; 1singular שִׁכַּנְתִּיJeremiah 7:7, 12; Imperfect1singular אֲשַׁכְּנָה7:3; Infinitive construct שַׁכֵּןNumbers 14:30 7t.; suffix שַׁכְּנוֺDeuteronomy 12:5 (so read for לְשִׁכְנוֺ ᵑ0‎, compare Köii. l. 21); —

1 make settle down, establish: שׁ ׳אֹהֶל בָּֽאָדָֽםPsalm 78:60 especially in Deuteronomy, שָׁם שְׁמוֺ לְשַׁכֵּןestablish his name there (compare šakan šuma as Canaanism WklTelAm.138 Rev. 20; 181.6) Deuteronomy 12:11; 14:23; 16:2, 6, 11; 26:2, compare Jeremiah 7:12; Nehemiah 1:9; + לְשִׁכְנוֺ שָׁם אֶתִשְֿׁמוֺ לָשׂוּםDeuteronomy 12:5 (read לְשַׁכְּנוֺ‎).

2 make to dwell: with accusative of person, ב‎ location, Numbers 14:30 (J) Jeremiah 7:3, 7.

Hiph`il Perfect1singular הִשְׁכַּ֫נְתִּיEzekiel 3:24; Imperfect3masculine singular jussive יַשְׁכֵּןPsalm 7:6, וַיַּשְׁכֵּןGenesis 3:24; Psalm 78:55, etc.; —

1. a. lay, לעפר כבודיlay my honour in the dust (of death); place, set, Genesis 3:24 (J); place, establish, מועד אהל‎ at Shilo Joshua 18:1 (P).

b. cause birds to settle, עַלEzekiel 32:4.

2 cause to dwell, with accusative of person, ב‎ location, Psalm 78:55; compare Job 11:14.








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