Hebrew word study

שָׁכֹלshâkôl — properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion

Pronounced “shaw-kole'”

properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively)

Translated in the King James as: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.

Appears 22 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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