שָׁעַן shaan

Hebrew word for “to lean” · Strong’s H8172 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

1) to lean on, trust in, support; 1a) (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself; 1a1) of trust in God (fig)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shaan in context, with how often each is used:

• depend 5
• leaning 2
• depended 2
• because depending 2
• support yourself 1
• leans 1
• may lean 1
• supporting himself 1
• who was leaning 1
• supports himself 1
• may support himself 1
• will depend 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 7 (2), 2 Chronicles 16 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Numbers 21 (1), Judges 16 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1), 2 Kings 5 (1), 2 Chronicles 13 (1), 2 Chronicles 14 (1), Job 8 (1)

Forms

• נשׁען 4
• ונשׁען 2
• נשׁענו 2
• וישׁען 2
• ישׁענו 2
• והשׁענו 1
• ואשׁען 1
• בהשׁענך 1
• נשׁענת 1
• ובהשׁענך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shaan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בָּטַח batach “to trust” 4
• פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 3
• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 3
• קָדוֹשׁ qadosh “holy” 3
• שָׁלִישׁ shalish “officer” 2
• זֶה zeh “this” 4
• אָסָא asa “Asa” 2
• נַעַר naar “youth” 2
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 2
• עֵת et “time” 2
• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 2
• מְאֹד meod “much” 2

Key verses

The verses using shaan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:4 — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
• 2 Kings 7:2 — 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…
• 2 Chronicles 14:11 — 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…
• 2 Chronicles 16:7 — 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…
• 2 Chronicles 16:8 — 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…
• Job 24:23 — Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
• Proverbs 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
• Isaiah 10:20 — 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…
• Isaiah 30:12 — Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
• Isaiah 31:1 — 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;…
• Isaiah 50:10 — 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…
• Micah 3:11 — 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…

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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.