שָׁעַןshâʻan

Niph`al: lean, support oneself (Numbers 21:15; Isaiah 10:20; 2 Chronicles 14:10)

Pronunciation: shaw-an' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8172

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 22 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 18:4 Rest in the shade of this tree while water is brought to wash your feet.
  • Numbers 21:15 and the ravines that extend as far as the settlement of Ar on the border of Moab.”
  • Judges 16:26 Samson said to the young servant who was leading him by the hand, “Place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. I want to rest against them.”
  • 2 Samuel 1:6 The man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him.
  • 2 Kings 5:18 However, may the Lord pardon me in this one thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship there and leans on my arm, may the Lord pardon me when I bow, too.”
  • 2 Kings 7:2 The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, “That couldn’t happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!” But Elisha replied, “You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won’t be able to eat any of it!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).