שָׁכַן
shâkan(shaw-kan')
“to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)”
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));
Chain Links
Walk this word's occurrences one verse at a time. Use ← / → or j / k to jump to adjacent occurrences.