The meaning of “שָׁכֹל”
Understanding shâkôl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose chi...
שָׁכֹל
bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil. - properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion - by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively) 1) to be bereaved, make childless, miscarry 1a) (Qal) to be bereaved 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to make childless 1b2) to cause barrenness, show barrenness or abortion 1b3) to miscarry 1c) (Hiphil) miscarrying (participle)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 42:36 | “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.” Word: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) | |
| Leviticus 26:22 | “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.” Word: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) | |
| 1 Samuel 15:33 | “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.” Word: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) | |
| Job 21:10 | “Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.” Word: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) | |
| Jeremiah 15:7 | “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.” Word: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl) |
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