Strong's Hebrew · H7926

H7926 shᵉkem

שְׁכֶם

shek-em'

shoulder

shᵉkem appears 21 times in Scripture, including Genesis 9:23 and Exodus 12:34. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill

In the King James Version

back, × consent, portion, shoulder.

Derivation

from H7925 (שָׁכַם);

Appears 21 times in Scripture

Joshua 4:5

“and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,”

Exodus 12:34

“So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.”

Judges 9:48

“he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.””

Genesis 24:15

“Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.”

Genesis 49:15

“He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.”

Genesis 48:22

“And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.””

1 Samuel 9:2

“And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.”

Genesis 21:14

“Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.”

Genesis 9:23

“Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.”

Genesis 24:45

“And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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