Given name
Shechem
“shoulder”·“personal interest”
Shechem is a given name from Latin.
Original Hebrewשכם
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Shechem means “shoulder” or “personal interest.”
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Where it comes from
Shechem is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun shekem (שכם), “shoulder, the seat of a person's interests.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shechem appears in Genesis 12:6, Genesis 33:19, Joshua 24:32 and 4 other passages.
- Genesis 12:6
- Genesis 33:19
- Joshua 24:32
- Judges 9:6
- Numbers 26:31
- 1 Chronicles 7:19
- Acts 7:16
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Shechem’s family of names
In English usage, Shechem has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form SYCHEM.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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