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Lexicon :: Strong's H7921 - šāḵōl

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שָׁכֹל
Transliteration
šāḵōl
Pronunciation
shaw-kole'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2385

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁכֹל shâkôl, shaw-kole'; a primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively):—bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, × expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H7921 in the following manner: bereave (10x), barren (2x), childless (2x), cast young (2x), cast a calf (1x), lost children (1x), rob of children (1x), deprived (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H7921 in the following manner: bereave (10x), barren (2x), childless (2x), cast young (2x), cast a calf (1x), lost children (1x), rob of children (1x), deprived (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. to be bereaved, make childless, miscarry

    1. (Qal) to be bereaved

    2. (Piel)

      1. to make childless

      2. to cause barrenness, show barrenness or abortion

      3. to miscarry

    3. (Hiphil) miscarrying (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁכֹל shâkôl, shaw-kole'; a primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively):—bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, × expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
STRONGS H7921: Abbreviations
† [שָׁכֹל, שָׁכַל LagBN 26] verb be bereaved (= Arabic bdb101305Targum תְּכוֺל, תְּכֵל; compare Syriac bdb101306loss of children); —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular כַּאֲשֶׁר שָׁכֹלְתִּי שָׁכָ֑לְתִּי Genesis 43:14 (E) if I am bereaved, I am bereaved (of father, expressing resignation; on כָ֑לְ see Ges§ 29u); Imperfect 1st person singular אֶשְׁכַּל Genesis 27:45 (E), with accusative of person be bereaved of you both (of mother); 3rd person feminine singular תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 15:33 thy mother shall be bereaved above (more than) women.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שִׁכְּלָה 1 Samuel 15:33 +, suffix וְשִׁכְּלָ֑תָּה Ezekiel 14:15, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּשַׁכֵּל Deuteronomy 32:25 +, 2nd person feminine singular תְּשַׁכְּלִי Ezekiel 36:14 Qr (see כָּשַׁל Pi.); Infinitive construct suffix לְשַׁכְּלָם Ezekiel 36:12; Participle מְשַׁכֵּלָה Exodus 23:26, כֶּ֫לֶת - Ezekiel 36:13, כָּ֫לֶת — 2 Kings 2:19, 21; —
1. make childless, accusative of father Genesis 42:36 (E), of mothers 1 Samuel 15:33 (subject חֶרֶב), compare Ezekiel 5:17 (subject famine and beasts), and Ezekiel 14:15 (id.; object land); accusative of people Hosea 9:12 (מֵאָדָם), Jeremiah 15:7 (+ אִבַּתְִּי), Ezekiel 36:12, compare Ezekiel 36:13; Ezekiel 36:14 (see above); object omitted (subject חֶרֶב) Deuteronomy 22:25; Lamentations 1:20; Ezekiel 21:19 (Co, for תִּכָּפֵל, see כָּפַל; otherwise Toy Krae).
2.
a. cause barrenness, or abortion, הָאָרֶץ מְשַׁכְּ׳ 2 Kings 2:19, compare 2 Kings 2:21 (Thes otherwise, see מְשׁ׳ infra).
b. shew barrenness, or abortion,
(1) of any female Exodus 23:26 (E; + עֲקָרָה), animals Genesis 31:38 (E) Job 21:10;
(2) of vine Malachi 3:11.
Hiph. Participle רֶהֶם (וְשָׁדַיִם צֹמְקִים) מַשְׁכִּיל Hosea 9:14 miscarrying womb. — Jeremiah 50:9 read מַשְׂכִּיל successful, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Heb Manuscripts Ew Hi Gf Gie.

† מְשַׁכֶּ֫לֶת according to. Thes noun feminine abstract barrenness, 2 Kings 2:21 (|| מָוֶת); if so, read < כֹּלֶת- Klo Kit; but probably Pi. Participle as 2 Kings 2:19, compare Bur.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:45; 31:38; 42:36; 43:14

Exodus

23:26; 23:26

Deuteronomy

22:25; 32:25

1 Samuel

15:33; 15:33; 15:33

2 Kings

2:19; 2:19; 2:19; 2:21; 2:21; 2:21

Job

21:10

Jeremiah

15:7; 50:9

Lamentations

1:20

Ezekiel

5:17; 14:15; 14:15; 21:19; 36:12; 36:12; 36:13; 36:13; 36:14; 36:14

Hosea

9:12; 9:14

Malachi

3:11

H7921

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Strong's Number H7921 matches the Hebrew שָׁכֹל (šāḵōl),
which occurs 24 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - until your brother’s anger [fn]against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved H7921 of you both in one day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - “These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried H7921, nor have I eaten the rams of your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - And their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved H7921 me of H7921 my children H7921: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - and may [fn]God Almighty grant you compassion before the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved H7921 of H7921 my children H7921, I am bereaved H7921.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - “There shall be no one miscarrying H7921 or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - ‘And I will send out among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave H7921 you of H7921 your children H7921 and cut down your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 -

‘Outside the sword will bereave H7921,

And inside terror—

Both choice man and virgin,

The nursing baby with the man of gray hair.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has made H7921 women childless H7921, so shall your mother be H7921 childless H7921 among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before Yahweh at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 -

Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold now, the habitat of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land [fn]is H7921 unfruitful H7921.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - And he went out to the spring of water and threw salt [fn]in it and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘I have [fn]purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or barrenness H7921 any longer.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10 -

“His ox mates and does not fail;

His cow calves and does not miscarry H7921.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 -

“Then you will say in your heart,

‘Who has borne these for me?

Indeed, I have been H7921 bereaved of my children

And am barren, an exile and a wanderer.

And who has reared these?

Behold, I remained alone;

[fn]From where did these come?’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 -

“And I will winnow them with a winnowing fork

At the gates of the land;

I will bereave H7921 them of H7921 children H7921; I will make My people perish;

They did not [fn]repent of their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 -

Resh

“See, O Yahweh, for I am in distress;

My [fn]inmost being is greatly disturbed;

My heart is overturned within me,

For I have been very rebellious.

In the street the sword bereaves H7921;

In the house it is like death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - ‘Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave H7921 you of H7921 children H7921; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - “If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land and they bereaved H7921 it of children H7921 and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - ‘And I will cause men—My people Israel—to walk on you and possess you so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave H7921 them of H7921 children H7921.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 -

“Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because they say to you, “You are a devourer of men and have bereaved H7921 your [fn]nation of H7921 children H7921,”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave H7921 your nation of H7921 children H7921,’ declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 -

Though they bring up their children,

Yet I will bereave H7921 them [fn]until not a man is left.

Surely, woe to them indeed when I depart from them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 -

Give them, O Yahweh—what will You give?

Give them a [fn]miscarrying H7921 womb and dry breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - “Then I will rebuke the devourer for you so that it will not corrupt the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field [fn]fail H7921 to bear H7921,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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