shen Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
shen in Easton's Bible Dictionary
a tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his "Ebenezer." In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed, "the Shen." The site is unknown.
shen in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(tooth), a place mentioned only in #1Sa 7:12| Nothing is known of it.
shen in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SHEN (the tooth). Samuel erected the stone Ebenezer between Mizpah and Shen. 1 Sam 7:12. It was probably so named from a tooth-shaped rock.
shen in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
1 Samuel 7:12. Samuel set up the memorial of the Lord's deliverance from the Philistines, the stone Ebenezer, between Mizpah and Shen, i.e. the teeth, a projecting point of rock (compare 1 Samuel 14:4-5 margin).