Berean Strong's Lexicon Suchar: Sychar Original Word: Συχάρ Word Origin: Of Hebrew origin, likely derived from the Hebrew name שְׁכֶם (Shechem) Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Hebrew 7927: שְׁכֶם (Shechem) Usage: Sychar is a place name mentioned in the New Testament, specifically in the Gospel of John. It is identified as a city in Samaria near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. The name Sychar is often associated with the Samaritan town where Jesus conversed with the Samaritan woman at the well. Cultural and Historical Background: Sychar is traditionally identified with the ancient city of Shechem, a significant location in the Old Testament. Shechem was a central city in the region of Samaria, known for its historical and religious significance to both Jews and Samaritans. The well where Jesus met the Samaritan woman is known as Jacob's Well, a site revered by both communities. During the time of Jesus, Samaritans and Jews had strained relations, which makes Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman at Sychar particularly noteworthy. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin shekar Definition Sychar, a city in Samaria NASB Translation Sychar (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4965: ΣιχάρΣιχάρ, see Συχάρ. STRONGS NT 4965: ΣυχάρΣυχάρ (Rec.elz Σιχάρ), ἡ, Sychar, a town of Samaria, near to the well of the patriarch Jacob, and not far from Flavia Neapolis (Συχάρ πρό τῆς νέας πόλεως, Eusebius in his Onomast. (p. 346, 5 edition, Larsow and Parthey)) toward the E., the representative of which is to be found apparently in the modern hamlet al Askar (or Asker): John 4:5, where cf. Bäumlein, Ewald, Brückner (in De Wette (4th and following editions)), Godet; add, Ewald, Jahrbb. f. Biblical Wissensch. viii., p. 255f; Bädeker, Palestine, pp. 328, 337; (Lieut. Conder in the Palest. Explor. Fund for July 1877, p. 149f and in Survey of Western Palestine: 'Special Papers,' p. 231; Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, Appendix xv.). The name does not seem to differ from סוכר, a place mentioned by the Talmudists in סוכר עין 'the fountain Sucar' and סוכר עין בקעת 'the valley of the fountain Sucar'; cf. Delitzsch in the Zeitschr. f. d. luth. Theol. for 1856, p. 240ff Most interpreters, however, think that Συχάρ is the same as Συχέμ (which see 2), and explain the form as due to a softening of the harsh vulgar pronunciation (cf. Credner; Einl. in d. N. T. vol. i., p. 264f), or conjecture that it was fabricated by way of reproach by those who wished to suggest the noun שֶׁקֶר, 'falsehood', and thereby brand the city as given up to idolatry (cf. Habakkuk 2:18), or the word שִׁכֹּר, 'drunken' (on account of Isaiah 28:1), and thus call it the abode of μωροί, see Sir. 50:26, where the Shechemites are called λαός μωρός; cf. Test xii. Patr. (test. Levi § 7), p. 564 Σικημ, λεγομένη πόλις ἀσυνέτων. To these latter opinions there is this objection, among others, that the place mentioned by the Evangelist was very near Jacob's well, from which Shechem, or Flavia Neapolis, was distant about a mile and a half. (Cf. B. D. under the word Of Hebrew origin (shekar); Sychar (i.e. Shekar), a place in Palestine -- Sychar. see HEBREW shekar |
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