Hebrew word study
שָׁכֹל H7921
- Transliteration
- shâkôl
- Pronunciation
- shaw-kole'
- KJV glosses
- bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
Lexical summary
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion
by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion
by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information