Definition
a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 through the idea of lodging; compare H5531, H7925); to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Traditional renderings: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכַן:
- κατασκηνόωkataskēnoō“to dwell”35%
- κατοικέωkatoikeō“to dwell”25%
- ἀναπαύωanapauō“to give rest”13%
- σκηνόωskēnoō“to dwell”4%
- ἵστημιhistēmi“to stand”4%
- παροικέωparoikeō“be a stranger”4%
- ἀποκαθίστημιapokathistēmi“to restore”2%
- δέde“then”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
129 total
- Jeremiah 7:3וַאֲשַׁכְּנָ֣ה · and I will let you liveThus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
- Jeremiah 7:7וְשִׁכַּנְתִּ֤י · then I will let you live…then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 7:12שִׁכַּ֧נְתִּֽי · made a dwellingBut go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.
- Jeremiah 17:6וְשָׁכַ֤ן · He will dwellHe will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
- Jeremiah 23:6יִשְׁכֹּ֣ן · will dwellIn His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Jeremiah 25:24הַשֹּׁכְנִ֖ים · who dwell…all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mixed tribes who dwell in the desert;
- Jeremiah 33:16תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן · will dwell securelyIn those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Jeremiah 46:26תִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן · [Egypt] will be inhabitedI will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 48:28וְשִׁכְנ֣וּ · and settleAbandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
- Jeremiah 49:16שֹֽׁכְנִי֙ · O dwellersThe terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 49:31יִשְׁכֹּֽנוּ׃ · they liveRise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
- Jeremiah 50:39תִשְׁכּ֖וֹן · or lived inSo the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
- Jeremiah 51:13שֹׁכַנְתִּי · You who dwellYou who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- Ezekiel 17:23וְשָׁכְנ֣וּ · will nest; תִּשְׁכֹּֽנָּה׃ · taking shelterI will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.
- Ezekiel 31:13יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ · nestedAll the birds of the air nested on its fallen trunk, and all the beasts of the field lived among its boughs.
- Ezekiel 32:4וְהִשְׁכַּנְתִּ֤י · to settleI will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
- Ezekiel 43:7אֶשְׁכָּן־ · I will dwell…and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
- Ezekiel 43:9וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י · and I will dwellNow let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
- Joel 3:17שֹׁכֵ֖ן · who dwellsThen you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
- Joel 3:21שֹׁכֵ֥ן · dwellsFor I will avenge their blood, which I have not yet avenged.” For the LORD dwells in Zion.
- Obadiah 1:3שֹׁכְנִ֥י · O dwellersThe pride of your heart has deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks whose habitation is the heights, who say in your heart, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
- Micah 4:10וְשָׁכַ֣נְתְּ · and campWrithe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!
- Micah 7:14שֹׁכְנִ֣י · They liveShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- Nahum 3:18יִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ · sleepO king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.
- Zechariah 2:10וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֥י · to dwell“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 2:11וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֣י · I will dwell“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- Zechariah 8:3וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י · and dwellThis is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
- Zechariah 8:8וְשָׁכְנ֖וּ · to dwellI will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”