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שָׁלַךְ H7993

H7993 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַךְ, transliterated shâlak and said shaw-lak. The King James Version most often renders it cast.

Word: שָׁלַךְTransliteration: shâlakSaid: shaw-lakLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 116 verses

What it means

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively).

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 91 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

cast 62×cast down 6×cast away 6×cast out 6×cast them out 3×hast cast 2×or hurl 1×or have cast 1×here cast 1×you and adventured 1×thrown 1×land cast 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

Verses using שָׁלַךְ

The first 40 of 116 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 21:15 · KJV

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Genesis 37:20 · KJV

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Genesis 37:22 · KJV

And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Genesis 37:24 · KJV

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Exodus 1:22 · KJV

And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

Exodus 4:3 · KJV

And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.

Exodus 7:9 · KJV

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Exodus 7:10 · KJV

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Exodus 7:12 · KJV

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

Exodus 15:25 · KJV

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Exodus 22:31 · KJV

And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

Exodus 32:19 · KJV

And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

Exodus 32:24 · KJV

And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

Leviticus 1:16 · KJV

And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

Leviticus 14:40 · KJV

Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:

Numbers 19:6 · KJV

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

Numbers 35:20 · KJV

But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

Numbers 35:22 · KJV

But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

Deuteronomy 9:17 · KJV

And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.

Deuteronomy 9:21 · KJV

And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

Deuteronomy 29:28 · KJV

And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

Joshua 8:29 · KJV

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

Joshua 10:11 · KJV

And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

Joshua 10:27 · KJV

And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave’s mouth, which remain until this very day.

Joshua 18:8 · KJV

And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.

Joshua 18:10 · KJV

And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

Judges 8:25 · KJV

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

Judges 9:17 · KJV

(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

Judges 9:53 · KJV

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

Judges 15:17 · KJV

And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi.

2 Samuel 11:21 · KJV

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Samuel 18:17 · KJV

And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.

2 Samuel 20:12 · KJV

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

2 Samuel 20:21 · KJV

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

2 Samuel 20:22 · KJV

Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

1 Kings 13:24 · KJV

And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.

1 Kings 13:25 · KJV

And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

1 Kings 13:28 · KJV

And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.

1 Kings 14:9 · KJV

But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

1 Kings 19:19 · KJV

So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7993 mean?

H7993 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַךְ (shâlak), meaning to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively).

How is H7993 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it cast (62 times), cast down (6 times), cast away (6 times), cast out (6 times), cast them out (3 times), among others.

How many times does H7993 appear in the Bible?

שָׁלַךְ (shâlak) is tagged in 116 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7993 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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