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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 - When he calms down and forgets what you have done to him, I will send for you to come back. 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 - “For twenty years I have been with you, caring for your flocks. In all that time your sheep and goats never miscarried. In all those years I never used a single ram of yours for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin, too. Everything is going against me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - May God Almighty[fn] give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - There will be no miscarriages or infertility in your land, and I will give you long, full lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Outside, the sword will bring death,
and inside, terror will strike
both young men and young women,
both infants and the aged.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 - One day the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem, my lord,” they told him. “This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the LORD says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10 - Their bulls never fail to breed.
Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - Then you will think to yourself,
‘Who has given me all these descendants?
For most of my children were killed,
and the rest were carried away into exile.
I was left here all alone.
Where did all these people come from?
Who bore these children?
Who raised them for me?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - I will winnow you like grain at the gates of your cities
and take away the children you hold dear.
I will destroy my own people,
because they refuse to change their evil ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - “LORD, see my anguish!
My heart is broken
and my soul despairs,
for I have rebelled against you.
In the streets the sword kills,
and at home there is only death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and war will stalk your land, and I will bring the sword of the enemy against you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - “Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - I will cause my people to walk on you once again, and you will be their territory. You will never again rob 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: The other nations taunt you, saying, ‘Israel is a land that devours its own people and robs them of their children!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - But you will never again devour your people or rob them of their children, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if you do have children who grow up,
I will take them from you.
It will be a terrible day when I turn away
and leave you alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - O LORD, what should I request for your people?
I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth
and breasts that give no milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.[fn] Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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