This is the name of the place Shechem: City in Canaan, later allotted to Ephraim.
Definition
Συχέμ indecl. (Heb. שְׁכֶם),
Shechem;
1. the son of Hamor (Genesis 33:19): Acts 7:16 b, Rec.
2. A city of Samaria (AV, Sychem; in LXX also sometimes Σίκιμα, -ων, as in FlJ): Acts 7:16 a,b.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as Συχέμ:
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- Acts 7:16Συχὲμ · Shechem; Συχέμ · ShechemTheir bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.