Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shechem' occurs 64 times in the standard works.

33 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shechem' in the standard works and contain 51.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 15 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 9:18-28 (11 in 11 verses)

Judg. 9:6-7 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 34:24-26 (3 in 3 verses)


Gen. 37:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.




Judg. 9:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 24:32 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 12:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 10:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 33:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Judg. 9:46-47 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 1 65
Gen. 17 0 17
Num. 1 1 2
Josh. 8 0 8
Judg. 27 0 27
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 3 0 3
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Ps. 2 0 2
Jer. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 64 1 65

Gen. 33:18
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

Gen. 33:19
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.

Gen. 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Gen. 34:4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

Gen. 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

Gen. 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

Gen. 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

Gen. 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

Gen. 34:18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

Gen. 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Gen. 34:24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

Gen. 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

Gen. 35:4
And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

Gen. 37:12
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

Gen. 37:13
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Gen. 37:14
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.