Lexical Summary shaan: to lean, support oneself Original Word: שָׁעַןTransliteration: shaan Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-an') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to lean, support oneself Meaning: to lean, support oneself Strong's Concordance lean, lie, rely, rest on, self, stay A primitive root; to support one's self -- lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay. Brown-Driver-Briggs H8172. shaan [שָׁעַן] verb Niph`al lean, support oneself; — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְנִשְׁעַן Numbers 21:15; Isaiah 10:20; 1plural נִשְׁעַנּוּ2 Chronicles 14:10, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁעֵן Job 8:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הִשָּׁעֲנוּ Genesis 18:4; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁעֵן Isaiah 10:20, suffix הִשָּׁעֶנְךָ2 Chronicles 16:7-8, etc.; Participle נִשְׁעָן 2 Samuel 1:6 +; — lean, with עַל upon, 1:6; 2 Kings 5:18; 7:2, 17, against pillars Judges 16:26, house Job 8:15 (figurative); הָעֵץ תַּחַת Genesis 18:4 (J); poetic of cliff, ׳וְנִשׁ לִגְּבוּל Numbers 21:15 leans to (upon) the border of Moab; lean (figurative = trust) upon, עַל person king Isaiah 10:20; Ezekiel 29:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7; ׳עַליֿ Micah 3:11; Isaiah 10:20; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 14:10; 16:7-8, בֵּלֹהָיו Isaiah 50:10; absolute Job 24:23; עַלסֿוּסִים Isaiah 31:1; על with abstract noun 30:12; Proverbs 3:5. |
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