שָׁלַךְ
shâlak · shaw-lak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to throw out, down or away (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: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
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
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַךְ 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
125 occurrences · 125 OT · 0 NT · 108 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and cast24 · 36%
- cast7 · 10%
- and he cast5 · 7%
- will i cast out3 · 4%
- ye shall cast2 · 3%
- cast down2 · 3%
- shall be cast out2 · 3%
- him, and cast2 · 3%
- shall cast2 · 3%
- to cast away2 · 3%
- cast away2 · 3%
- for they cast down1 · 1%
- shall be thrown1 · 1%
- which when he had cast1 · 1%
- that he cast away1 · 1%
- but cast1 · 1%
- and did cast1 · 1%
- to me, that i may here cast1 · 1%
- and i cast1 · 1%
- or have cast1 · 1%
- or hurl1 · 1%
- for you, and adventured1 · 1%
- is, and they shall cast1 · 1%
- it me: then i cast1 · 1%
- and she cast1 · 1%
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.