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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 - Stay there until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I'll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - "I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Their father Jacob said to them, "You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - No woman will miscarry her young or be 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 - I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - Samuel said, "Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!" Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 - The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn't produce crops."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, "This is what the LORD says, 'I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10 - Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself, 'Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - The LORD continued, "In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present. ש (Sin/Shin)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - "Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - "'This is what the sovereign LORD says: Because they are saying to you, "You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children,"

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - Give them, O LORD - what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest," says the LORD who rules over all.
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