Definition
from H7931; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
Traditional renderings: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
Traditional renderings: inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁכֵן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
20 total
- Exodus 3:22מִשְּׁכֶנְתָּהּ֙ · her neighborEvery woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”
- Exodus 12:4וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹ · neighborIf the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
- Deuteronomy 1:7שְׁכֵנָיו֒ · the neighboring peoplesResume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.
- Ruth 4:17הַשְּׁכֵנ֥וֹת · The neighborThe neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.
- 2 Kings 4:3שִׁכְנָכֵי · your neighbors“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
- Psalm 31:11וְלִשֲׁכֵנַ֨י׀ · and among my neighborsAmong all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends—they flee when they see me on the street.
- Psalm 44:13לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ · to our neighborsYou have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Psalm 79:4לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ · to our neighborsWe have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalm 79:12לִשְׁכֵנֵ֣ינוּ · of our neighborsPay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Psalm 80:6לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ · with our neighborsYou make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
- Psalm 89:41לִשְׁכֵנָֽיו׃ · to his neighborsAll who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- Proverbs 27:10שָׁכֵ֥ן · a neighborDo not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
- Isaiah 33:24שָׁכֵ֖ן · resident [of Zion]And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
- Jeremiah 6:21שָׁכֵ֥ן · and neighborsTherefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
- Jeremiah 12:14שְׁכֵנַי֙ · neighborsThis is what the LORD says: “As for all My evil neighbors who attack the inheritance that I bequeathed to My people Israel, I am about to uproot them from their land, and I will uproot the house of Judah from among them.
- Jeremiah 49:10וּשְׁכֵנָ֖יו · and neighborsBut I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
- Jeremiah 49:18וּשְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ · along with their neighborsAs Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Jeremiah 50:40שְׁכֵנֶ֖יהָ · their neighborsAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Ezekiel 16:26שְׁכֵנַ֖יִךְ · neighborsYou prostituted yourself with your lustful neighbors, the Egyptians, and increased your promiscuity to provoke Me to anger.
- Hosea 10:5שְׁכַ֣ן · The peopleThe people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests—those who rejoiced in its glory—for it has been taken from them into exile.