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שָׁלַל H7997

H7997 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַל, transliterated shâlal and said shaw-lal'. The King James Version most often renders it take.

Word: שָׁלַלTransliteration: shâlalSaid: shaw-lal'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 12 verses

What it means

to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

take 5×spoiled 3×spoil 3×fall 1×purpose 1×maketh himself a prey 1×make a spoil 1×because thou hast spoiled 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.

Verses using שָׁלַל

All 12 verses, quoted in full.

Ruth 2:16 · KJV

And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

Psalm 76:5 · KJV

The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.

Isaiah 10:6 · KJV

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Isaiah 59:15 · KJV

Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

Jeremiah 50:10 · KJV

And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 26:12 · KJV

And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.

Ezekiel 29:19 · KJV

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

Ezekiel 38:12 · KJV

To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.

Ezekiel 38:13 · KJV

Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?

Ezekiel 39:10 · KJV

So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

Habakkuk 2:8 · KJV

Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Zechariah 2:8 · KJV

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7997 mean?

H7997 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַל (shâlal), meaning to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder.

How is H7997 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it take (5 times), spoiled (3 times), spoil (3 times), fall (1 time), purpose (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7997 appear in the Bible?

שָׁלַל (shâlal) is tagged in 12 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7997 come from?

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

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