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Lexicon :: Strong's H7993 - šālaḵ

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שָׁלַךְ
Transliteration
šālaḵ
Pronunciation
shaw-lak
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2398

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x
The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to throw, cast, hurl, fling

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down

      2. to cast (lots) (fig)

    2. (Hophal)

      1. to be thrown, be cast

      2. to be cast forth or out

      3. to be cast down

      4. to be cast (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
STRONGS H7993: Abbreviations
[שָׁלַךְ] 125 verb
Hiph.112 throw, fling, cast (Phoenician שלד in compare proper name, meaning dubious; Arabic bdb102011 is travel (or cause to travel) along a road, cause to enter); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁלִיךְ Amos 8:3 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְּתּוֺ Jeremiah 51:63; 2nd person feminine plural consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֫נָה Amos 4:3, etc.; Imperfect יַשְׁלִיךְ Isaiah 2:20, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ Judges 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁלֵךְ Exodus 7:9; Psalm 55:23, feminine singular הַשְׁלִיכִי Jeremiah 7:29, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:23; construct הַשְׁלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 3:5, 6, etc.; Participle מֵשְׁלְיךְ Micah 2:5; Psalm 147:17, etc.; —
1. usually human subject, throw, cast:
a. accusative of thing, with many prepositions: e.g. אָל location 2 Kings 23:12; Ezekiel 5:4; Zechariah 5:8 (twice in verse) +, also (accusative of thing omitted) Exodus 15:25 (J), Numbers 19:6 (P) +; ב loc, Exodus 32:24 (E), Ezekiel 7:19 +; rarely ל location 2 Chronicles 30:14 and (accusative omitted) 2 Chronicles 24:10; עַל location 2 Kings 23:6, ָ  ה locative Exodus 4:3 (twice in verse), שָׁ֫מָּה Judges 8:25; 2 Kings 6:6 (accusative omitted), etc.; especially of casting dead bodies, אֶל location Joshua 8:29 (J), Joshua 10:27 (J), + 3 times, ב location Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 9:25, 26. 2 Kings 13:21, מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ Jeremiah 22:19; accusative of thing + אֶל person 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Samuel 20:22 (accusative omitted); accusative of thing with עַל person Nahum 3:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21 (+ מֵעַל), etc.; accusative of thing + מִיָּד Exodus 32:19 (E), compare Deuteronomy 9:17 (מֵעַל); + ל of animal Exodus 22:30 (E), Isaiah 2:20, etc.
†b. with accusative of person, אֶל of pit Genesis 37:22 (E), Jeremiah 38:6, 9, ב of pit Genesis 37:20 (E), with ה locative Genesis 37:24 (E; pit), Exodus 1:22 (J), compare Amos 4:3 (si vera lectio); תַּחַת location Genesis 21:15 (E); accusative י׳, figurative, with אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּךָ֑ 1 Kings 14:9 (of apostasy), Ezekiel 23:35, so י׳'s law Nehemiah 9:26, words (אַחֲרֵי person reflexive) Psalm 50:17.
†c. throw away, accusative of thing Judges 15:17 (מִיָּדוֺ), 2 Kings 7:15; Ezekiel 20:7, 8; Psalm 2:3 (מִן reflexive), Ecclesiastes 3:5 (opposed to = כָּנַס); accusative omitted Jeremiah 7:29; Joel 1:7 (of locusts); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 (opposed to שָׁמַר); accusative of transgression Ezekiel 18:31 (figurative; מֵעַל reflexive).
†d. cast off, shed, blossom (like flower) Job 15:33.
e. cast down (late), subject goat, accusative ram, Daniel 8:7 (אַ֫רְצָה) little horn, accusative אֱמֶת Daniel 8:12 (id.); accusative of person (literal) 2 Chronicles 25:12 (מִן local), Job 18:7 his (own) counsel felleth him; so probably Jeremiah 9:18 they have overthrown our dwellings (Du reads Hoph.).
f. figurative, Psalm 55:23 cast עליֿ׳ thy lot.
2. י׳ subject:
a. cast, accusative of thing, + עַל person Joshua 10:11 (E), Job 27:22 (accusative of thing omitted); sandal upon Edom Psalm 60:10 = Psalm 108:10 (sign of possession); ice (no preposition) Psalm 147:17.
b. accusative of person + ב location 2 Kings 2:16 (subject רוּחַ י׳), Nehemiah 9:11; Jonah 2:4 (+ accusative of location); + אַ֫רְצָה Ezekiel 28:17 (figurative); אֶל location (of exile) Deuteronomy 29:27; especially of י׳'s rejecting men, accusative of person + פָּנָיו מֵעַל 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:20, compare 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:3, also Psalm 51:13 and (without מִן) Psalm 71:9; casting sins (accusative) אַחֲרֵי גֵּוְךָ Isaiah 38:17, ב location Micah 7:19.
c. cast down, honour of Israel + accusative of location, מִן local, Lamentations 2:1; accusative of person Psalm 102:11 (opposed to נָשָׂא).
3. phrases: הִשׁי גּוֺרָל † Joshua 18:8, 10 (RD) cast lots ל in behalf of; חֶבֶל בְגוֺרָל מַשׁ׳ Micah 2:5 (see גּוֺרָל 3, I. חֶבֶל 2); בַּיְאוֺר חַכָּה מַשׁ׳ Isaiah 19:8 i.e. fishermen; וַיַּשְׁלֵח נַפְשׁוֺ מִנֶּגֶד Judges 9:17, see נֶגֶד 2c; טָ֑רֶף מִשּׁנָּיו אַשׁ׳ Job 29:17 out of his teeth I cast the prey.
† Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֻשְׁלַח Daniel 8:11; 2nd person masculine singular הָשְׁלַכְתָּ Isaiah 14:19, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי Ezekiel 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֻשְׁלָ֑כוּ Isaiah 34:3; Participle מֻשְׁלָח 2 Samuel 20:21, etc.; —
1. be thrown, cast, accusative of head, אֶל person + בְּעַד of wall 2 Samuel 20:21; carcass, ב location 1 Kings 13:24, 25, 28; Jeremiah 14:16; לַחֹרֶב Jeremiah 36:30.
2. be cast forth, out, absolute of dead Isaiah 34:3; מִן of grave Isaiah 14:19; הַשָּׁדֶה אֶל־פְּנֵי Ezekiel 16:5 (Jerusalem personified as infant); עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Jeremiah 22:28 (of exile).
3. be cast down, לָאָרֶץ Ezekiel 19:12 (Israel, figurative of vine); absolute of sanctuary Daniel 8:11.
4. metaphor, be cast, על of י׳ Psalm 22:11 (i.e. on his protection).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:15; 37:20; 37:22; 37:24

Exodus

1:22; 4:3; 7:9; 15:25; 22:30; 32:19; 32:24

Numbers

19:6

Deuteronomy

9:17; 29:27

Joshua

8:29; 10:11; 10:27; 18:8; 18:10

Judges

8:25; 9:17; 9:17; 9:53; 15:17

2 Samuel

11:21; 20:21; 20:21; 20:22

1 Kings

13:24; 13:25; 13:28; 14:9; 19:19

2 Kings

2:16; 6:6; 7:15; 9:25; 9:26; 13:21; 13:23; 17:20; 23:6; 23:12; 24:20

2 Chronicles

24:10; 25:12; 30:14

Nehemiah

9:11; 9:26

Job

15:33; 18:7; 27:22; 29:17

Psalms

2:3; 22:11; 50:17; 51:13; 55:23; 55:23; 60:10; 71:9; 102:11; 108:10; 147:17; 147:17

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6

Isaiah

2:20; 2:20; 14:19; 14:19; 19:8; 34:3; 34:3; 38:17

Jeremiah

7:15; 7:29; 7:29; 9:18; 14:16; 22:19; 22:19; 22:28; 36:23; 36:30; 38:6; 38:9; 51:63; 52:3

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

5:4; 7:19; 16:5; 16:5; 18:31; 19:12; 20:7; 20:8; 23:35; 28:17

Daniel

8:7; 8:11; 8:11; 8:12

Joel

1:7

Amos

4:3; 4:3; 8:3; 8:3

Jonah

2:4

Micah

2:5; 2:5; 7:19

Nahum

3:6

Zechariah

5:8

H7993

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Strong's Number H7993 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַךְ (šālaḵ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - Then they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; please let them go and search for your master, in case the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast H7993 him on some mountain or into some valley.” But he said, “You shall not send anyone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went out to the spring of water and threw H7993 salt [fn]in it and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have [fn]purified these waters; there shall not come from there death or [fn]unfruitfulness any longer.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:25 - So they destroyed the cities; and each one threw H7993 a stone on every plot of good land and filled it. So they stopped up every spring of water and [fn]cut down every good tree, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the rock slingers surrounded it and struck it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - Then he said, “Bring flour.” And he threw H7993 it into the pot, and said, “Pour it out for the people that they may eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:6 - Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw H7993 it in there, and made the iron float.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown H7993 away H7993 when they fled in a hurry. Then the messengers returned and informed the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:25 - And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw H7993 him on the [fn]property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when [fn]you and I were riding together after his father Ahab, that the LORD brought this pronouncement against him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26 - ‘I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ declares the LORD, ‘and I will repay you on this [fn]property,’ declares the LORD. Now then, pick him up and throw H7993 him on the [fn]property, in accordance with the word of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 -

Then it came about, as soon as he had finished [fn]offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the [fn]guard and to the royal officers, “Go in, [fn]kill them; let none come out.” So they [fn]killed them with the edge of the sword; and the [fn]guard and the royal officers threw H7993 them out H7993, and went to the [fn]sanctuary of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - And as they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they threw H7993 the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man [fn]touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and He was unwilling to eliminate them or cast H7993 them away H7993 from His presence until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - So the LORD rejected all the [fn]descendants of Israel and afflicted them and handed them over to plunderers, until He had cast H7993 them [fn]out H7993 of His sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw H7993 its dust on the graves of the [fn]common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD; and he [fn]smashed them there and threw H7993 their dust into the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For it was due to the anger of the LORD that this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He cast H7993 them out H7993 of His presence. And Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
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