Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H8172
שָׁעַן
sha.an · “to lean”
Used 22 times across 11 books
Definition
1) to lean on, trust in, support
1a) (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself
1a1) of trust in God (fig)
1a) (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself
1a1) of trust in God (fig)
Where it appears
Genesis1
Numbers1
Judges1
2 Samuel1
2 Kings3
2 Chronicles5
Job2
Proverbs1
Isaiah5
Ezekiel1
Micah1
In the text
Genesis 18:4Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:Numbers 21:15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.Judges 16:26And 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 upon them.2 Samuel 1:6And 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 and horsemen followed hard after him.2 Kings 5:18In 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, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.2 Kings 7:2Then 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 thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.2 Kings 7:17And 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 died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.2 Chronicles 13:18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the Lord God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 14:10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.2 Chronicles 16:7And 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 relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
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