Lexical Summary Sychem: Shechem, a city in Samaria Original Word: ΣυχέμTransliteration: Sychem Phonetic Spelling: (soo-khem') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Shechem, a city in Samaria Meaning: Shechem -- a city in Samaria Strong's Concordance Sychem. Of Hebrew origin (Shkem); Sychem (i.e. Shekem), the name of a Canaanite and of a place in Palestine -- Sychem. see HEBREW Shkem Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4966: ΣυχέμΣυχέμ, Hebrew שְׁכֶם (i. e. 'shoulder,' 'ridge'), Shechem (A. V. Sychem (see below)), proper name of: 1. a man of Canaan, son of Hamor (see Ἑμμόρ), prince in the city of Shechem (Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2ff): Acts 7:16 R G. 2. a city of Samaria (in the Sept. sometimes Συχέμ, indeclinable, sometimes Σικιμα, genitive Σικιμων, as in Josephus and Eusebius; once τήν Σικιμα τήν ἐν ὄρει Αφραιμ, 1 Kings 12:25 (for still other variant see B. D. (especially American edition) under the word |
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