שָׁפַךְ
shâphak · shaw-fak'
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out
- to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal
- or even a solid, i.e. to mound up)
- also, (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.)
- intensively, to sprawl out
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast (up), gush out, pour (out), shed(-der, out), slip.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- 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 › to speak, the word › the open hand that covers
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁפַךְ 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
115 occurrences · 115 OT · 0 NT · 92 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pour out6 · 11%
- to shed6 · 11%
- and shed4 · 8%
- and shall pour out4 · 8%
- poured out3 · 6%
- and i will pour2 · 4%
- i would pour out2 · 4%
- shall be poured out2 · 4%
- nor cast2 · 4%
- he poureth2 · 4%
- was poured out2 · 4%
- shed2 · 4%
- and pour out2 · 4%
- and poureth them out2 · 4%
- and pour2 · 4%
- ye shall pour1 · 2%
- of him that shed1 · 2%
- he shall even pour1 · 2%
- he hath shed1 · 2%
- and they shall pour1 · 2%
- and shall pour1 · 2%
- that is shed1 · 2%
- unto them, shed1 · 2%
- be shed1 · 2%
- whoso sheddeth1 · 2%
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.