TBESH · H8172
שָׁעַן · sha.an · to lean
1) to lean on, trust in, support 1a) (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself 1a1) of trust in God (fig)
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sha.an H8172
שָׁעַן (sha.an) means “to lean” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
שָׁעַן Hebrew · H8172 22 tagged occurrences in 20 verses
Pronunciation guide: shaw-an' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root; to support one's self
KJV glosses: lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.
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How translators render H8172
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and lean | 1 |
| and lie | 1 |
| and relying | 1 |
| and rest | 1 |
| because you have relied | 1 |
| depend | 1 |
| he leaned | 1 |
| he leans | 1 |
| leaned | 1 |
| leaning | 1 |
| leans | 1 |
| let him lean | 1 |
| rely | 1 |
| so i can lean | 1 |
| they relied | 1 |
| we rely | 1 |
| when they leaned | 1 |
| who rely | 1 |
| yet because you relied | 1 |
| yet they lean | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and stay | 3 |
| leaned | 2 |
| and lean | 1 |
| and lieth | 1 |
| and not relied | 1 |
| and rest yourselves | 1 |
| and when they leaned | 1 |
| because they relied | 1 |
| for we rest | 1 |
| he leaned | 1 |
| he shall lean | 1 |
| stay | 1 |
| that i may lean | 1 |
| them but shall stay | 1 |
| there and he leaneth | 1 |
| unto him because thou hast relied | 1 |
| whereon he resteth | 1 |
| yet because thou didst rely | 1 |
| yet will they lean | 1 |
Verses containing H8172
Page 1 of 1. 20 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 18:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Read word by word - Numbers 21:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
Read word by word - Judges 16:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 1:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 5:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”
Read word by word - 2 Kings 7:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
Read word by word - 2 Kings 7:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 13:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 14:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
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- 2 Chronicles 16:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 16:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
Read word by word - Job 8:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
Read word by word - Job 24:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
Read word by word - Proverbs 3:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Read word by word - Isaiah 10:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
Read word by word - Isaiah 31:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Read word by word - Isaiah 50:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 29:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.
Read word by word - Micah 3:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
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