7931 – שָׁכַן (shachan)

to dwell

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	שָׁכַן (shachan)
Pronunciation:	sha-chan    Listen
Gematria:	1020(300 + 20 + 700)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging compare H5531a (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם))
Usage:	129 times in OT

Description

1) to settle down, abide, dwell, tabernacle, reside
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to settle down to abide
1a2) to abide, dwell, reside
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to make settle down, establish
1b2) to make or cause to dwell
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to lay, place, set, establish, settle, fix
1c2) to cause to dwell or abide

Synonyms

שָׁכַן	shachan		H7931	(129 ggr)	to dwell
אָהַל	ahal		H0167	(3 ggr)	to pitch
גּוּר	gor		H1481a	(82 ggr)	to sojourn
דּוּר	dor		H1752	(1 ggr)	to dwell
חָנָה	chanah		H2583	(143 ggr)	to camp
יָשַׁב	jashav		H3427	(1078 ggr)	to dwell

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with shachan as root:

מִשְׁכָּן	mishkan	H4908	tabernacle
שֵׁ֫כֶן	shechen	H7933	habitation
שָׁכֵן	shachen	H7934	neighboring
שְׁכַנְיָהוּ	Shechanjaho	H7935	Shecaniah

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word shachan was translated to the following:

ἀναπαύω	anapauo	G0373	rest
αὐλίζομαι	aulizomai	G0835	lodge
εἰσέρχομαι	eiserchomai	G1525	enter
ἐπέρχομαι	eperchomai	G1904	come
ἐπικαθίζω	epikathizo	G1940	set
ἐπικαλέομαι	epikaleomai	G1941	call on
ἐπισκιάζω	episkiazo	G1982	overshadow
ἥκω	heko	G2240	come
ἡσυχάζω	hesuchazo	G2270	hold
ἵστημι	histemi	G2476	stand
καθέζομαι	kathezomai	G2516	sit
καταβαίνω	katabaino	G2597	come down
καταλύω	kataluo	G2647	destroy
καταπαύω	katapauo	G2664	restrain
κατασκηνόω	kataskenoo	G2681	lodge
κατοικέω	katoikeo	G2730	dwell
κτίζω	ktizo	G2936	create
οἰκέω	oikeo	G3611	dwell
ὁράω	horao	G3708	see
παροικέω	paroikeo	G3939	be a stranger
πήγνυμι	pegnumi	G4078	pitch
σκηνόω	skenoo	G4637	dwell

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