Quick Definition
shoulder
Strong's Definition
the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill
Derivation: from H7925 (שָׁכַם);
KJV Usage: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder.
TWOT Reference: 2386a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁכֶם (she.khem) — shoulder. 1) shoulder, back 1a) shoulder, shoulder-blade 1b) back (in general) Also means: shikh.mah (שִׁכְמָה "shoulder" H7929)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׁכם
People
shoulder = the upper part of the human body between the head and the chest; ≈ associated with heavy burdens, and, in a more figurative way, heave responsibilities
GEN 9:23 · GEN 21:14 · GEN 24:15 · GEN 24:45 · GEN 49:15 · EXO 12:34 · JOS 4:5 · JDG 9:48 · 1SA 9:2 · 1SA 10:23 · JOB 31:22 · JOB 31:36 · PSA 81:7 · ISA 9:3 · ISA 9:5 · ISA 10:27 · ISA 14:25 · ISA 22:22
Landforms
mountain slope literally: shoulder; hence: = mountain or ridge of mountains ◄ shaped like a shoulder
Turn | verb hif
Collocation: פנה שְׁכֶם
to turn (one's) back literally: to turn (one's) shoulder; hence: = action by which humans turn around in order to move away from the place they were facing earlier
Turn | verb qal
Collocation: שׁית שְׁכֵם
to cause to turn back literally: to put shoulder; hence: = causative action by which humans cause other humans to turn around in order to move away from the place they were facing earlier
Willing
Collocation: שְׁכֶם אֶחָד
with one accord literally: one shoulder; hence: = state in which a humans are willing to work together towards a certain goal
name · שִׁכְמִי
Names of People
Shechem = man; ◄ son of Hamor; ► chief of Shechem
GEN 34:2 · GEN 34:4 · GEN 34:6 · GEN 34:8 · GEN 34:11 · GEN 34:13 · GEN 34:18 · GEN 34:20 · GEN 34:24 · GEN 34:26 · GEN 34:26 · JOS 24:32
Names of Locations
Shechem = town; ◄ territory of Ephraim; ► assigned to clan of Kohath, tribe of Levi as a town of refuge
GEN 12:6 · GEN 33:18 · GEN 33:19 · GEN 35:4 · GEN 37:12 · GEN 37:13 · GEN 37:14 · JOS 17:7 · JOS 20:7 · JOS 21:21 · JOS 24:1 · JOS 24:25 · JOS 24:32 · JDG 8:31 · JDG 9:1 · JDG 9:2 · JDG 9:3 · JDG 9:6 · JDG 9:6 · JDG 9:7 · JDG 9:18 · JDG 9:20 · JDG 9:20 · JDG 9:23 · JDG 9:23 · JDG 9:24 · JDG 9:25 · JDG 9:26 · JDG 9:26 · JDG 9:28 · JDG 9:28 · JDG 9:31 · JDG 9:34 · JDG 9:39 · JDG 9:41 · JDG 9:46 · JDG 9:47 · JDG 9:49 · JDG 9:57 · JDG 21:19 · 1KI 12:1 · 1KI 12:1 · 1KI 12:25 · 1CH 6:52 · 1CH 7:28 · 2CH 10:1 · 2CH 10:1 · PSA 60:8 · PSA 108:8 · JER 41:5 · HOS 6:9
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁכֶם n.m. shoulder neck (sometimes incl. back of neck)
in gen. back
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