H7931Hebrew

שָׁכַן

shâkan(shaw-kan')
128 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

Translated in KJV as

abidecontinue(cause to, make to) dwell(-er)have habitationinhabitlayplace(cause to) remainrestset (up).

Etymology

a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));

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