שָׁכַן

shâkan · Hebrew · Strong's H7931 · 128 occurrences

The KJV renders 27 different Hebrew and Greek words as “set”

What it means

to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to H7901 (שָׁכַב) through the idea of lodging; compare H5531 (סִכְלוּת), H7925 (שָׁכַם));

How the KJV renders it

abide, continue, cause to, make to dwell, have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, remain, rest, set

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“set”

also renders hístēmi (G2476), títhēmi (G5087), keîmai (G2749), apostéllō (G649), dídōmi (G1325), taktós (G5002), kathízō (G2523), dýnō (G1416), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), yâhab (H3051), yânach (H3240), yâçad (H3245), yâtsab (H3320), yâshab (H3427), yᵉthib (H3488), môwʻêd (H4150), mâlêʼ (H4390), mᵉnâʼ (H4483), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâqad (H6485), qûwm (H6966), râkab (H7392), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896)

“lay”

also renders hístēmi (G2476), epibállō (G1911), katabállō (G2598), logízomai (G3049), klínō (G2827), katatíthēmi (G2698), keîmai (G2749), phérō (G5342), bállō (G906), anaklínō (G347), epíkeimai (G1945), ʼâchaz (H270), chârab (H2717), yᵉhab (H3052), yâçad (H3245), yârâh (H3384), mâlaṭ (H4422), nûwach (H5117), nâtsab (H5324), ʻâbar (H5674), shâvâh (H7737), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896), tâphas (H8610)

“rest”

also renders kataskēnóō (G2681), sabbatismós (G4520), epíloipos (G1954), eirḗnē (G1515), ánesis (G425), hēsycházō (G2270), katapaúō (G2664), katápausis (G2663), loipoí (G3062), anápausis (G372), dᵉmîy (H1824), dâmam (H1826), châdal (H2308), chûwl (H2342), chârash (H2790), mânôwach (H4494), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), margôwaʻ (H4771), pûwgâh (H6314), shᵉʼâr (H7606), shᵉʼêrîyth (H7611), shabbâthôwn (H7677), shâlôwm (H7965), sârîyd (H8300)

“place”

also renders tópos (G5117), periochḗ (G4042), chōríon (G5564), opḗ (G3692), ʼăthar (H870), bayith (H1004), zûwr (H2114), yânach (H3240), yâshab (H3427), kôl (H3605), kên (H3653), mârôwm (H4791), nᵉchath (H5182), nâthan (H5414), çâbîyb (H5439), ʻômed (H5977), pethach (H6607), tsîyâh (H6723), tsâphan (H6845), shebeth (H7675)

“continue”

also renders hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), gínomai (G1096), paraménō (G3887), emménō (G1696), diateléō (G1300), kathízō (G2523), epiménō (G1961), diatríbō (G1304), parateínō (G3905), ménō (G3306), diaménō (G1265), ʼâchar (H309), châzaq (H2388), yâçaph (H3254), yâshab (H3427), lûwn (H3885)

“cause to”

also renders ʼâbad (H6), yâchal (H3176), yâshab (H3427), mâshal (H4910), nûwach (H5117), nâchal (H5157), ʻâbar (H5674), tsâmach (H6779), râkab (H7392), shâbaʻ (H7650), sâmach (H8055), shâmaʻ (H8085), sâraph (H8313), tâʻâh (H8582)

“remain”

also renders perileípō (G4035), perisseúō (G4052), ménō (G3306), diaménō (G1265), apoleípō (G620), yâshab (H3427), lûwn (H3885), nûwach (H5117), shâʼar (H7604), shᵉʼêrîyth (H7611), shâqad (H8245), sârad (H8277), sârîyd (H8300)

“abide”

also renders aulízomai (G835), hístēmi (G2476), poiéō (G4160), kataménō (G2650), hypoménō (G5278), paraménō (G3887), epiménō (G1961), diatríbō (G1304), anastréphō (G390), ménō (G3306), yâshab (H3427), lûwn (H3885)

“make to dwell”

also renders yâshab (H3427)

“have habitation”

also renders shᵉkan (H7932)

“inhabit”

also renders yâshab (H3427)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

128 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 17:9 · HC/Vqq3ms

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not waste them any more, as at the first,

1 Chronicles 23:25 · HC/Vqw3ms

For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

1 Kings 6:13 · HC/Vqq1cs

I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.”

1 Kings 8:12 · HR/Vqc

Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1 · HR/Vqc

Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Samuel 7:10 · HC/Vqq3ms

I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will not afflict them any more, as at the first,

Deuteronomy 12:11 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 14:23 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 16:2 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 16:6 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 16:11 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 26:2 HR/VpcDeuteronomy 33:12 HVqi3msDeuteronomy 33:16 HVqrmscDeuteronomy 33:20 HVqp3msDeuteronomy 33:28 HC/Vqw3msExodus 24:16 HC/Vqw3msExodus 25:8 HC/Vqq1csExodus 29:45 HC/Vqq1csExodus 29:46 HR/Vqc/Sp1csExodus 40:35 HVqp3msEzekiel 17:23 HC/Vqq3cpEzekiel 31:13 HVqi3mpEzekiel 32:4 HC/Vhq1csEzekiel 43:7 HVqi1csEzekiel 43:9 HC/Vqq1csGenesis 3:24 HC/Vhw3msGenesis 9:27 HC/Vqj3msGenesis 14:13 HVqrmsaGenesis 16:12 HVqi3msGenesis 25:18 HC/Vqw3mpGenesis 26:2 HVqv2msGenesis 35:22 HR/VqcGenesis 49:13 HVqi3msIsaiah 8:18 HTd/VqrmsaIsaiah 13:20 HVqi3fsIsaiah 13:21 HC/Vqq3cpIsaiah 18:3 HC/VqrmpcIsaiah 26:19 HVqrmpcIsaiah 32:16 HC/Vqq3msIsaiah 33:5 HVqrmsaIsaiah 33:16 HVqi3msIsaiah 34:11 HVqi3mpIsaiah 34:17 HVqi3mpIsaiah 57:15 HVqi1csIsaiah 65:9 HVqi3mpJudges 5:17 HVqi3msJudges 8:11 HTd/VqsmpcJeremiah 7:3 HC/Vph1csJeremiah 7:7 HC/Vpq1csJeremiah 7:12 HVpp1csJeremiah 17:6 HC/Vqq3msJeremiah 23:6 HVqi3msJeremiah 25:24 HTd/VqrmpaJeremiah 33:16 HVqi3fsJeremiah 46:26 HVqi3fsJeremiah 48:28 HC/Vqv2mpJeremiah 49:16 HVqrmscJeremiah 49:31 HVqi3mpJeremiah 50:39 HVqi3fs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.