# H8172 שָׁעַן

שָׁעַן (shâʻan), Strong’s H8172: to support one's self KJV: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.. Occurs 22 times.

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*shâʻan* — to support one's self

KJV: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

Occurs 22 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [שָׁעַן] vb. Niph. lean, support oneself

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 18:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=4) — Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- [Numbers 21:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=15) — the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
- [Judges 16:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/16?v=26) — and Samson said to the boy who held him by the hand, “Allow me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may…
- [2 Samuel 1:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/1?v=6) — The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and…
- [2 Kings 5:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/5?v=18) — In this thing may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he…
- [2 Kings 7:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=2) — Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD made windows in…
- [2 Kings 7:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/7?v=17) — The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in charge of the gate; and the people trampled over…
- [Isaiah 10:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/10?v=20) — It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no…
- [Isaiah 30:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=12) — Therefore the Holy One of Israel says, “Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and…
- [Isaiah 31:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/31?v=1) — Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in…