From shakan; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen -- inhabitant, neighbour, nigh.
see HEBREW shakan
H7934. shaken
שָׁכֵן adjective inhabitant, neighbour; — ׳שׁ Isaiah 33:24 +; construct שְׁכַן Hosea 10:5; suffix שְׁכֵנוֺ Exodus 12:4; שְׁכֵָנ֑יִכְי֯ 2 Kings 4:3 etc.; feminine suffix שְׁכֶנְתָּהּ Exodus 3:22; feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֺת Ruth 4:17; —
1 inhabitant, Isaiah 33:24; Hosea 10:5.
2 neighbour: woman Exodus 3:22 (E); plural Ruth 4:7; man Exodus 12:4 (P) Jeremiah 6:21; Proverbs 27:10, plural 2 Kings 4:3; of places Deuteronomy 1:7; nations, to Judah Ezekiel 16:26; Psalm 79:12; לִשְׁכֵנֵי(נוּׅ חֶרְמָּה 44:14; 79:4, compare 31:2; 89:42; לשׁ ׳מָדוֺן 80:7; to Edom Jeremiah 49:10; to Sodom 49:18; 50:40; to ׳י 11:4 (because to his people).