שְׁכַן
shechan · dwell, make dwell
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H7932 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shechan (שְׁכַן) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “dwell, make dwell”.
To dwell; in its causative form, to make dwell (Aramaic). The same word as the Hebrew "shachan".
How to say it
she·chan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To live somewhere, like birds in the branches.
- To set his presence in a place, making it his own.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- dwelt ×1
- has made his name dwell ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezra 6:12
And may the Elah who has made his name dwell there overthrow every king and people who puts forth his hand to change it, to damage that house of Elah which is in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given an order; let it be done with diligence.”
- Daniel 4:21
and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which there was food for all in it, under which the animals of the field lived, and in whose branches the birds of the heavens dwelt: