שְׁכֶם

she.khemShechem
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place63 occurrences9 books54 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Shechem: Founded the city where Dinah was raped
  • Shechem: City in Canaan, later allotted to Ephraim

Definition

the same as H7926; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Shechem.

Glossary entries

Shechem (Place) Shechem (Person) Sychem

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

63 total
  1. Genesis 12:6שְׁכֶ֔ם · at Shechem
    Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
  2. Genesis 33:18שְׁכֶ֗ם · of Shechem
    After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
  3. Genesis 33:19שְׁכֶ֑ם · Shechem’s
    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  4. Genesis 34:2שְׁכֶ֧ם · When Shechem
    When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
  5. Genesis 34:4שְׁכֶ֔ם · So Shechem
    So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
  6. Genesis 34:6שְׁכֶ֖ם · Meanwhile, Shechem’s
    Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
  7. Genesis 34:8שְׁכֶ֣ם · Shechem
    But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
  8. Genesis 34:11שְׁכֶם֙ · Then Shechem
    Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
  9. Genesis 34:13שְׁכֶ֨ם · [him]
    But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
  10. Genesis 34:18שְׁכֶ֥ם · Shechem
    Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
  11. Genesis 34:20וּשְׁכֶ֥ם · Shechem
    So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
  12. Genesis 34:24שְׁכֶ֣ם · Shechem
    All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
  13. Genesis 34:26 (2×)שְׁכֶ֣ם · Shechem; שְׁכֶ֖ם · out of Shechem’s
    They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
  14. Genesis 35:4שְׁכֶֽם׃ · Shechem
    So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
  15. Genesis 37:12בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ · near Shechem
    Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
  16. Genesis 37:13בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם · the flocks at Shechem
    Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
  17. Genesis 37:14שְׁכֶֽמָה׃ · in Shechem
    Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
  18. Joshua 17:7שְׁכֶ֑ם · Shechem
    Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
  19. Joshua 20:7שְׁכֶ֖ם · Shechem
    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
  20. Joshua 21:21שְׁכֶ֥ם · Shechem
    …they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
  21. Joshua 24:1שְׁכֶ֑מָה · at Shechem
    Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
  22. Joshua 24:25בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ · and there at Shechem
    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
  23. Joshua 24:32 (2×)בִשְׁכֶם֒ · at Shechem; שְׁכֶ֖ם · Shechem’s
    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
  24. Judges 8:31בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם · in Shechem
    His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.
  25. Judges 9:1שְׁכֶ֔מָה · at Shechem
    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
  26. Judges 9:2שְׁכֶם֮ · of Shechem
    “Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
  27. Judges 9:3שְׁכֶ֔ם · of Shechem
    And when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
  28. Judges 9:6 (2×)שְׁכֶם֙ · of Shechem; בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ · in Shechem
    Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
  29. Judges 9:7שְׁכֶ֔ם · of Shechem
    When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
  30. Judges 9:18שְׁכֶ֔ם · of Shechem
    …but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
  31. Judges 9:20 (2×)שְׁכֶ֖ם · of Shechem; שְׁכֶם֙ · of Shechem
    But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
  32. Judges 9:23 (2×)שְׁכֶ֑ם · of Shechem; שְׁכֶ֖ם
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
  33. Judges 9:24שְׁכֶ֔ם · of Shechem
    …in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.
  34. Judges 9:25שְׁכֶ֜ם · of Shechem
    The leaders of Shechem set up an ambush against Abimelech on the hilltops, and they robbed all who passed by them on the road. So this was reported to Abimelech.
  35. Judges 9:26 (2×)בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם · into Shechem; שְׁכֶֽם׃ · of Shechem
    Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
  36. Judges 9:28 (2×)שְׁכֶם֙ · is Shechem; שְׁכֶ֔ם · of Shechem
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  37. Judges 9:31שְׁכֶ֔מָה · to Shechem
    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
  38. Judges 9:34שְׁכֶ֔ם · Shechem
    So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
  39. Judges 9:39שְׁכֶ֑ם · of Shechem
    So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought against Abimelech,
  40. Judges 9:41בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ · Shechem
    Abimelech stayed in Arumah, and Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem.
  41. Judges 9:46שְׁכֶ֑ם · of Shechem
    On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
  42. Judges 9:47שְׁכֶֽם׃ · of Shechem
    And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
  43. Judges 9:49שְׁכֶ֛ם · of Shechem
    So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.