שָׁכֹל
shâkôl · shaw-kole'
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
- properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion
- by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁכֹל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 23 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- should i be deprived1 · 4%
- have not cast their young1 · 4%
- unto them, me have ye bereaved1 · 4%
- i be bereaved1 · 4%
- of my children, i am bereaved1 · 4%
- there shall nothing cast their young1 · 4%
- among you, which shall rob you of your children1 · 4%
- shall destroy1 · 4%
- childless1 · 4%
- be childless1 · 4%
- barren1 · 4%
- or barren1 · 4%
- and casteth not her calf1 · 4%
- me these, seeing i have lost my children1 · 4%
- i will bereave1 · 4%
- expert man1 · 4%
- bereaveth1 · 4%
- and they shall bereave1 · 4%
- and they spoil1 · 4%
- henceforth bereave1 · 4%
- and hast bereaved1 · 4%
- no more, neither bereave1 · 4%
- yet will i bereave1 · 4%
- them a miscarrying1 · 4%
- cast her fruit1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.