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Lexicon :: Strong's H7973 - šelaḥ

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שֶׁלַח
Transliteration
šelaḥ
Pronunciation
sheh'-lakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2394a

Strong’s Definitions

שֶׁלַח shelach, sheh'-lakh; from H7971; a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch:—dart, plant, × put off, sword, weapon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7973 in the following manner: sword (3x), weapon (2x), dart (1x), plant (1x), put them off.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7973 in the following manner: sword (3x), weapon (2x), dart (1x), plant (1x), put them off.

  1. weapon, missile, sprout

    1. missile, weapon

    2. sprout, shoot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שֶׁלַח shelach, sheh'-lakh; from H7971; a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch:—dart, plant, × put off, sword, weapon.
STRONGS H7973: Abbreviations
I. שֶׁ֫לַח noun [masculine] missile, weapon, sprout (late); — absolute שׁ׳ Joel 2:8 +, שָׁ֑לַח Nehemiah 4:11; Job 33:18, suffix שִׁלְחוֺ Nehemiah 4:17; plural שְׁלָחִים 2 Chronicles 23:10, etc.; —
1. missile, weapon, Nehemiah 4:11 and Nehemiah 4:17 (where הַמַּיִם corrupt; read probably בִּימִינוֺ or בְּיָדוֺ; see Ryle BeRy Berthol), 2 Chronicles 23:10 (distinguished from חֲנִית, מָנֵן); collective 2 Chronicles 32:5 and עָבַר בַּשׁ׳ Job 33:18; Job 36:12 (perish by or < rush upon [and perish]), Joel 2:8 (see בְּעַד).
2. sprout, shoot (compare [שְׁלוּחָה], and √ Psalm 80:12; Jeremiah 17:8), פַּרְדֵּס שְׁלָחַיִךְ Songs 4:13 (figurative; meaning ? PerlesAnal. 63 proposes שְׁנֵי לְחָיָיִךְ thy two cheeks); + probably Ezekiel 31:5 (read בִּשְׁלָחָיו Co Toy and others, or בְּשִׁלְחֵי [with Ezekiel 31:6] Krae).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Chronicles

23:10; 23:10; 32:5

Nehemiah

4:11; 4:11; 4:17; 4:17

Job

33:18; 33:18; 36:12

Psalms

80:12

Song of Songs

4:13

Jeremiah

17:8

Ezekiel

31:5; 31:6

Joel

2:8; 2:8

H7973

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7973 matches the Hebrew שֶׁלַח (šelaḥ),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:10 - And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised it up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, every one went with his weapon to the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 -
He keepeth back his soul from the pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 -
But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword,
And they shall die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 -
Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits;
Henna with spikenard plants,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 - Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off their course.
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