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שָׁעַן H8172

H8172 is the Hebrew word שָׁעַן, transliterated shâʻan and said shaw-an'. The King James Version most often renders it leaned.

Word: שָׁעַןTransliteration: shâʻanSaid: shaw-an'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 18 verses

What it means

to support one's self.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

leaned 4×stay 4×lean 2×rest yourselves 1×lieth 1×leaneth 1×because they relied 1×rest 1×because thou hast relied 1×relied 1×yet because thou didst rely 1×whereon he resteth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

Verses using שָׁעַן

All 18 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 18:4 · KJV

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Numbers 21:15 · KJV

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

2 Samuel 1:6 · KJV

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Kings 5:18 · KJV

In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

2 Kings 7:2 · KJV

Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

2 Kings 7:17 · KJV

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.

2 Chronicles 13:18 · KJV

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 14:11 · KJV

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 16:7 · KJV

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

2 Chronicles 16:8 · KJV

Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.

Job 8:15 · KJV

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Job 24:23 · KJV

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

Proverbs 3:5 · KJV

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Isaiah 10:20 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

Isaiah 31:1 · KJV

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Isaiah 50:10 · KJV

Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

Ezekiel 29:7 · KJV

When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.

Micah 3:11 · KJV

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8172 mean?

H8172 is the Hebrew word שָׁעַן (shâʻan), meaning to support one's self.

How is H8172 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it leaned (4 times), stay (4 times), lean (2 times), rest yourselves (1 time), lieth (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8172 appear in the Bible?

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

Where does H8172 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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