# שָׁעַן (shaan)

Israeli respelling: sha-an. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8172. 20 Old Testament occurrences.

to support one's self

King James renderings: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shaan-h8172

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/4) — Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
- [Numbers 21:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/21/15) — And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
- [Judges 16:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/16/26) — And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean…
- [2 Samuel 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/1/6) — And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots…
- [2 Kings 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/5/18) — In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand,…
- [2 Kings 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/2) — Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this t…
- [2 Kings 7:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/17) — And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he d…
- [2 Chronicles 13:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/18) — Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of…
- [2 Chronicles 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/11) — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: h…
- [2 Chronicles 16:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/16/7) — And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relie…
- [2 Chronicles 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/16/8) — Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he deli…
- [Job 8:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/8/15) — He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
- [Job 24:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/23) — Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
- [Proverbs 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/3/5) — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- [Isaiah 10:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/20) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay…
- [Isaiah 30:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/30/12) — Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
- [Isaiah 31:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/31/1) — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they…
- [Isaiah 50:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/50/10) — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust i…
- [Ezekiel 29:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/29/7) — When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and m…
- [Micah 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/3/11) — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean u…