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shechem

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What does shechem mean?

proper noun

  1. An ancient city near present-day Nablus, Palestine.
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And they went to dwell in the land of Canaan in a place that is clept Shechem.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
Jacob meanwhile left Shechem, hindered by none, and with all his possessions he set out, to betake himself to his father Isaac.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
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Heathens; for when Hamor and Shechem had a mind to the daughter and cattle of Jacob, and saw that there was no way for them to come at them, but by becoming circumcised, they say to their companions, If every male of us be circumcised, as they are circumcised, shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, be ours?
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131