שָׁלַף
shâlaph · saw-laf'
to pull out, up or off
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to pull out, up or off
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: draw (off), grow up, pluck off.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַף 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that drew9 · 36%
- drawn3 · 12%
- all these drew2 · 8%
- draw2 · 8%
- so that he could not draw1 · 4%
- drew1 · 4%
- unto him, draw1 · 4%
- plucked off1 · 4%
- it for thee. so he drew off1 · 4%
- and drew1 · 4%
- having a drawn1 · 4%
- it is drawn1 · 4%
- it groweth up1 · 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.