H8172

שׁען 

Transliteration

sha`an;

Pronunciation

shaw-an'

Parts of Speech

v

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2434

KJV Translation Count — 22x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: lean (9), stay (5), rely (4), rest (3), lieth (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. to lean on, trust in, support
a. (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself
1. of trust in God (fig)

Strong's Definitions

sha`an, shaw-an'; a primitive root; to support one's self: — lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

Concordance Results Using KJV

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and H8172 yourselves under the tree:

KJV

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and H8172 upon the border of Moab.

KJV

And 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 H8172 upon them.

KJV

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul H8172ed upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

KJV

In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he H8172eth 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.

KJV

Then a lord on whose hand the king H8172ed 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.

KJV

And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he H8172ed 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.

KJV

Thus 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.

KJV

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we H8172 on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

KJV

And 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.

KJV