שָׁכֵןshâkên

Meanings

Same root

• שָׁכַןshâkan · H7931to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 3:22 Every Israelite woman will ask for articles of silver and gold and fine clothing from her Egyptian neighbors and from the foreign women in their houses. You will dress your sons and daughters with these, stripping the Egyptians of their wealth.”
• Exodus 12:4 If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.
• Deuteronomy 1:7 It is time to break camp and move on. Go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the neighboring regions—the Jordan Valley, the hill country, the western foothills, the Negev, and the coastal plain. Go to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, and all the way to the great Euphrates River.
• Ruth 4:17 The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.
• 2 Kings 4:3 And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors.
• Psalms 31:11 I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors— even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way.