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שָׁכֹל H7921
H7921 is the Hebrew word שָׁכֹל, transliterated shâkôl and said shaw-kole'. The King James Version most often renders it bereaved.
What it means
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
Verses using שָׁכֹל
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 27:45 · KJV
Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis 31:38 · KJV
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
Genesis 42:36 · KJV
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Genesis 43:14 · KJV
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Exodus 23:26 · KJV
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
Leviticus 26:22 · KJV
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
Deuteronomy 32:25 · KJV
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
1 Samuel 15:33 · KJV
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
2 Kings 2:19 · KJV
And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
2 Kings 2:21 · KJV
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
Isaiah 49:21 · KJV
Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
Jeremiah 15:7 · KJV
And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
Jeremiah 50:9 · KJV
For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.
Lamentations 1:20 · KJV
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Ezekiel 5:17 · KJV
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 14:15 · KJV
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Ezekiel 36:13 · KJV
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel 36:14 · KJV
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Hosea 9:12 · KJV
Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
Hosea 9:14 · KJV
Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
Malachi 3:11 · KJV
And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7921 mean?
H7921 is the Hebrew word שָׁכֹל (shâkôl), meaning properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively).
How is H7921 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it bereaved (2 times), childless (2 times), bereave (2 times), should i be deprived (1 time), cast their young (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7921 appear in the Bible?
שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7921 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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