STRONGS NUMBER H8172


Word Summary
shaan: to lean, support oneself
Original Word: שָׁעַן
Transliteration: shaan
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-an')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to lean, support oneself
Meaning: to lean, support oneself
Strong's Concordance
lean, lie, rely, rest on, self, stay

A primitive root; to support one's self -- lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8172. shaan

[שָׁעַן‎] verb Niph`al lean, support oneself; — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְנִשְׁעַןNumbers 21:15; Isaiah 10:20; 1plural נִשְׁעַנּוּ2 Chronicles 14:10, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁעֵןJob 8:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הִשָּׁעֲנוּGenesis 18:4; Infinitive construct הִשָּׁעֵןIsaiah 10:20, suffix הִשָּׁעֶנְךָ2 Chronicles 16:7-8, etc.; Participle נִשְׁעָן2 Samuel 1:6 +; — lean, with עַלupon, 1:6; 2 Kings 5:18; 7:2, 17, against pillars Judges 16:26, house Job 8:15 (figurative); הָעֵץ תַּחַתGenesis 18:4 (J); poetic of cliff, ׳וְנִשׁ לִגְּבוּלNumbers 21:15 leans to (upon) the border of Moab; lean (figurative = trust) upon, עַל‎ person king Isaiah 10:20; Ezekiel 29:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7; ׳עַליֿMicah 3:11; Isaiah 10:20; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 14:10; 16:7-8, בֵּלֹהָיוIsaiah 50:10; absolute Job 24:23; עַלסֿוּסִיםIsaiah 31:1; על‎ with abstract noun 30:12; Proverbs 3:5.