Lexical Definition

‎שָׁעַן‎ shâʻan (shaw-an') to lean ^H:V
a primitive root

lean, lie, rely, rest (on, self), stay.

• to support one's self

1) to lean on, trust in, support
1a) (Niphal) to lean, lean upon, support oneself
1a1) of trust in God (fig)

See Greek: ἐλπίζω · ἐπαίρω · ἐπαναπαύομαι · ἐπιστηρίζω · καταψύχω · πείθω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁעַן‎] verb Niph`al lean, support oneself; — Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎וְנִשְׁעַן‎ Num 21:15; Isa 10:20 1 plural ‎נִשְׁעַנּוּ‎ 2Chr 14:10*, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁעֵן‎ Job 8:15 +, etc.; Imperative masculine plural ‎הִשָּׁעֲנוּ‎ Gen 18:4 Infinitive construct ‎הִשָּׁעֵן‎ Isa 10:20, suffix ‎הִשָּׁעֶנְךָ‎ 2Chr 16:7; 2Chr 16:8, etc.; Participle ‎נִשְׁעָן‎ 2Sam 1:6 +; — lean, with ‎עַל‎ upon, 2Sam 1:6; 2Kgs 5:18; 2Kgs 7:2; 2Kgs 7:17, against pillars Judg 16:26, house Job 8:15 (figurative); ‎תַּחַת‎ ‎הָעֵץ‎ Gen 18:4 (J); poetic of cliff, ‎לִגְּבוּל‎ ‎׳‎‎וְנִשׁ‎ Num 21:15 leans to (upon) the border of Moab; lean (figurative = trust) upon, ‎עַל‎ person king Isa 10:20; Ezek 29:7; 2Chr 16:7 ‎׳‎‎עַליֿ‎ Mic 3:11; Isa 10:20; 2Chr 13:18; 2Chr 14:10*; 2Chr 16:7; 2Chr 16:8 ‎בֵּלֹהָיו‎ Isa 50:10 absolute Job 24:23 ‎עַלסֿוּסִים‎ Isa 31:1 ‎על‎ with abstract noun Isa 30:12; Prov 3:5.

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