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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 BoxGen 27:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:38 - These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - And their father Jacob said to them, Ye have bereaved me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will ye take Benjamin? all these things have come upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:14 - And my God give you favour in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:26 - There shall not be on thy land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of thy days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:22 - And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:33 - And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:19 - And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city is good, as our lord sees; but the waters are bad, and the ground barren.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - And Elisaie went out to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and says, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be any longer death thence or barren land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:10 - Their cow does not cast her calf, and their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:21 - And thou shalt say in thine heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I was childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:7 - And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:20 - Rhechs. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:17 - So I will send forth against thee famine and evil beasts, and I will take vengeance upon thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through upon thee; and I will bring a sword upon thee round about. I the Lord have spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:12 - And I will increase men upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and ye shall be to them for a possession; and ye shall no more be bereaved of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:13 - Thus saith the Lord God: Because they said to thee, Thou land devourest men, and hast been bereaved of thy nation;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:14 - therefore thou shalt no more devour men, and thou shalt no more bereave thy nation, saith the Lord God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - For even if they should rear their children, yet shall they be utterly bereaved: wherefore also there is woe to them, though my flesh is of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:14 - Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:11 - And I will [fn]appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, saith the Lord Almighty.
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