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Shechem

A man, in the time of the Patriarchs · named in 11 verses

the name means ridge Strong's Lexicon

Shechem, founder of a Hivite city where Jacob's daughter Dinah was raped.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shoulder. (1.) The son of Hamor the Hivite (Gen. 33:19; 34).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Hamor

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Genesis 33:19.

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Verses that name Shechem