# H7931 שָׁכַן

שָׁכַן (shâkan), Strong’s H7931: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively) KJV: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place…. Occurs 128…

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*shâkan* — to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)

KJV: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place…

Occurs 128 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שָׁכַן, שָׁכֵ֑ן 129 vb. settle down, abide, dwell
- Qal
- 1 settle down to abide
- 2 abide, dwell
- Pi.
- 1 make settle down, establish
- 2 make to dwell
- Hiph.
- a lay
- b cause birds to settle
- 2 cause to dwell

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 3:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=24) — So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned…
- [Genesis 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=27) — May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
- [Genesis 14:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=13) — One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother…
- [Genesis 16:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=12) — He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will…
- [Genesis 25:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=18) — They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- [Genesis 26:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=2) — The LORD appeared to him, and said, “Don’t go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.
- [Genesis 35:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/35?v=22) — While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now…
- [Genesis 49:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=13) — “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
- [Exodus 24:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/24?v=16) — The LORD’s glory settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of…
- [Exodus 25:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/25?v=8) — Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.