שְׁכֶם shekhem
Hebrew word for “shoulder” · Strong’s H7926 · used 21 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) shoulder, back; 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade; 1b) back (in general); Also means: shikh.mah (שִׁכְמָה "shoulder" H7929)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shekhem in context, with how often each is used:
- shoulder 21
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Zephaniah | 1 | 1.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 24 (2), 1 Samuel 10 (2), Isaiah 9 (2), Genesis 9 (1), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 48 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Exodus 12 (1), Joshua 4 (1), Judges 9 (1)
Forms
- שׁכמו 9
- שׁכם 4
- שׁכמה 3
- משׁכמו 2
- שׁכמם 1
- שׁכמי 1
- שׁכמך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shekhem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- סֹבֶל sovel “burden” 3
- עֹל ol “yoke” 3
- טֶרֶם terem “before” 3
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 5
- כַּד kad “jar” 2
- שִׂמְלָה simlah “mantle” 2
- רִבְקָה rivqah “Rebekah” 2
- סוּר sur “to turn aside” 3
- יֶלֶד yeled “youth” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 3
- הָפַךְ haphakh “to overturn” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 3
Key verses
The verses using shekhem that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 21:14 — 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…
- Genesis 24:15 — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother,…
- Genesis 24:45 — 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 and I said…
- Genesis 48:22 — 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.
- 1 Samuel 9:2 — 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…
- Psalms 21:12 — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
- Psalms 81:6 — I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
- Isaiah 9:4 — 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 — 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…
- Isaiah 10:27 — 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…
- Isaiah 14:25 — That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off…
- Zephaniah 3:9 — For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
See all 21 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.