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שְׁכֶם H7926

H7926 is the Hebrew word שְׁכֶם, transliterated shᵉkem and said shek-em'. The King James Version most often renders it shoulder.

Word: שְׁכֶםTransliteration: shᵉkemSaid: shek-em'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill.

Where it comes from

from H7925 (שָׁכַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 18 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

shoulder 10×shoulders 2×portion 1×than he from his shoulders 1×back 1×turn their back 1×off thy shoulder 1×consent 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.

Verses using שְׁכֶם

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 9:23 · KJV

And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 21:14 · KJV

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 24:45 · KJV

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 48:22 · KJV

Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Genesis 49:15 · KJV

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Joshua 4:5 · KJV

And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Judges 9:48 · KJV

And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.

1 Samuel 9:2 · KJV

And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.

1 Samuel 10:9 · KJV

And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

1 Samuel 10:23 · KJV

And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

Job 31:36 · KJV

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.

Psalm 21:12 · KJV

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Psalm 81:6 · KJV

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Isaiah 9:4 · KJV

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 9:6 · KJV

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 10:27 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 22:22 · KJV

And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Hosea 6:9 · KJV

And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7926 mean?

H7926 is the Hebrew word שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem), meaning the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill.

How is H7926 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it shoulder (10 times), shoulders (2 times), portion (1 time), than he from his shoulders (1 time), back (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7926 appear in the Bible?

שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem) is tagged in 18 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7926 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7925 (שָׁכַם).

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