שָׁכַןshâkan

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁכַבshâkab · H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
• סִכְלוּתçiklûwth · H5531silliness
• שָׁכַםshâkam · H7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning
• מִשְׁכָּןmishkân · H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
• שְׁכַןshᵉkan · H7932{to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)}
• שֶׁכֶןsheken · H7933a residence
• שָׁכֵןshâkên · H7934a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
• שְׁכַנְיָהShᵉkanyâh · H7935Shekanjah, the name of nine Israelites

Where it appears

Appears 129 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 3:24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
• Genesis 9:27 May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
• Genesis 14:13 But one of Lot’s men escaped and reported everything to Abram the Hebrew, who was living near the oak grove belonging to Mamre the Amorite. Mamre and his relatives, Eshcol and Aner, were Abram’s allies.
• Genesis 16:12 This son of yours will be a wild man, as untamed as a wild donkey! He will raise his fist against everyone, and everyone will be against him. Yes, he will live in open hostility against all his relatives.”
• Genesis 25:18 Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
• Genesis 26:2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt, but do as I tell you.