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Shechem in Easton's Bible Dictionary

shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34). (2.) A descendant of Manasseh (Num. 26:31; Josh. 17:2). (3.) A city in Samaria (Gen. 33:18), called also Sichem (12:6), Sychem (Acts 7:16). It stood in the narrow sheltered valley between Ebal on the north and Gerizim on the south, these mountains at their base being only some 5...

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Shechem Scripture - Genesis 34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,...

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Shechem Scripture - Numbers 26:31

And [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and [of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:...

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Shechem in Hitchcock's Bible Names

part; portion; back early in the morning...

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Shechem Scripture - Judges 9:2

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....

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Shechem in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("shoulder", or "upper part of the back just below the neck"); explained as if the town were on the shoulder of the heights dividing the waters that flow toward the Mediterranean on the W. and to the Jordan on the E.; or on a shoulder or ridge connected with Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. Also called SICHEM, SYCHEM, and SYCHAR (John 4:5; Joshua 20:...

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