Bible Dictionary
Shen
Shen, meaning “tooth” or “peak,” was a landmark between Mizpeh and another place where Samuel set up the Ebenezer stone. Its exact location is uncertain.
Definition
Shen, meaning “tooth” or “peak,” was a place or landmark between Mizpeh and another location. Its precise site is uncertain.
Biblical Usage
Samuel set up the Ebenezer stone between Mizpeh and Shen after victory over the Philistines.
Historical Background
The name may have referred to a conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag. One proposal identifies it with a place north of Beitin, but the site remains uncertain.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his “Ebenezer.” In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed, “the Shen.” The site is unknown.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>shen (ha-shen, "the tooth" or "peak"; tes palaias): A place named only in 1Sa 7:12 to indicate the position of the stone set up by Samuel in connection with the victory over the Philistines, "between Mizpah and Shen." The Septuagint evidently reads yashan, "old." Probably we should here read yeshanah, as in 2Ch 13:19 (OHL, under the word). Then it may be represented by `Ain Sinia, to the North of Beitin.</p>