שֶׁכֶן
shechen · dwelling
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7933 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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shechen (שֶׁכֶן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dwelling”.
The place where someone lives.
How to say it
she·chen
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
- The place God chose to live among his people.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 12:5
But you shall seek the place that YHWH your Elohim chooses out of all your tribes to put his name there for his dwelling, and you shall go there.