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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 - He stationed all the people, each man with his weapon H7973 in his hand, from the right [fn]side of the house to the left [fn]side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:5 - And he resolutely set to work and rebuilt all of the wall that had been broken down and [fn]erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the [fn]Millo in the city of David, and made weapons H7973 and shields in great numbers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:17 - Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens carried with one hand doing the work, and the other keeping hold of a weapon H7973.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:23 - So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me—none of us [fn]removed our clothes; each took his weapon H7973 even to the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 -

He keeps his soul back from the pit,

And his life from perishing by the spear H7973.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:12 -

“But if they do not listen, they will [fn]perish by the sword,

And die without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:13 -

“Your branches H7973 are an [fn]orchard of pomegranates

With delicious fruits, henna with nard plants,

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:8 -

They do not crowd each other,

Every warrior of them marches in his path;

When they [fn]burst through the [fn]defenses H7973,

They do not break ranks.

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