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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Where it appears

Genesis — 5×
Genesis 27:45Genesis 31:38Genesis 42:36Genesis 43:14+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus — 1×
Exodus 23:26
Leviticus — 1×
Leviticus 26:22
Deuteronomy — 1×
Deuteronomy 32:25
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 15:33+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Kings — 2×
2 Ki 2:192 Ki 2:21
Job — 1×
Job 21:10
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 15:7
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 1:20
Ezekiel — 4×
Ezekiel 5:17Ezekiel 14:15Ezekiel 36:12Ezekiel 36:13
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 9:12Hosea 9:14
Malachi — 1×
Malachi 3:11

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