Strong's H7927 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שְׁכֶם (Shᵉkem)

Pronunciation: shek-em'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr-loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Derivation: the same as שְׁכֶם (shᵉkem) [H7926]; ridge;

Definition: Shekem, a place in Palestine

KJV Renderings: Shechem.

Senses

1. Shechem = "back" or "shoulder"
2. son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival
3. a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.