First name Shechem in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Shechem is the name of the son of Hamor, the Hivite (GEN 33:19, GEN 34:2) who raped Dinah (GEN 34:2), as well as name of son of Gilead (NUM 26:30-31) and son of Shemida (1CH 7:19). Meaning of the name: part; portion; back early in the morning. Related names are: Abimelech, Hamor, Jacob . The translations of Shechem in 77 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Siquén in Spanish to シェケム in Japanese!
Wear it!And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. (GEN 33:18)
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. (GEN 33:19)
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (GEN 34:2)
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. (GEN 34:4)
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. (GEN 34:6)
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. (GEN 34:8)
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. (GEN 34:11)
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: (GEN 34:13)
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. (GEN 34:18)
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, (GEN 34:20)
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. (GEN 34:24)
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. (GEN 34:26)
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. (GEN 34:26)
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (GEN 35:4)
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. (GEN 37:12)
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. (GEN 37:13)
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. (GEN 37:14)
And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: (NUM 26:31)
There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. (JOS 17:2)
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. (JOS 17:7)
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. (JOS 20:7)
For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, (JOS 21:21)
And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. (JOS 24:1)
So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. (JOS 24:25)
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (JOS 24:32)
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (JOS 24:32)
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. (JDG 8:31)
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, (JDG 9:1)
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. (JDG 9:2)
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. (JDG 9:3)