# שְׁכֶם (shekhem) Israeli respelling: she-khem. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H7926. 21 Old Testament occurrences. the neck (between the shoulders) as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of ahill King James renderings: back, [idiom] consent, portion, shoulder. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shekhem-h7926 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/23) — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; a… - [Genesis 21:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/14) — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and th… - [Genesis 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/15) — And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor… - [Genesis 24:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/45) — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well,… - [Genesis 48:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/48/22) — Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. - [Genesis 49:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/15) — And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. - [Exodus 12:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/12/34) — And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. - [Joshua 4:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/4/5) — And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone… - [Judges 9:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/9/48) — And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a b… - [1 Samuel 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/2) — And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person t… - [1 Samuel 10:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/9) — And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. - [1 Samuel 10:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/10/23) — And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. - [Job 31:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/31/36) — Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. - [Psalms 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/21/12) — Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. - [Psalms 81:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/81/6) — I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. - [Isaiah 9:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/4) — For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. - [Isaiah 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/9/6) — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,… - [Isaiah 10:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/27) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the y… - [Isaiah 14:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/25) — That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his bu… - [Isaiah 22:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/22) — And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall op… - [Zephaniah 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/3/9) — For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.