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Hebrew word study

שָׁלַךְshâlak — to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

Pronounced “shaw-lak”

to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)

Translated in the King James as: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

Appears 125 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 4×

Genesis 21:15 Genesis 37:20 Genesis 37:22 Genesis 37:24

Exodus — 10×

Exodus 1:22 Exodus 4:3 Exodus 7:9 Exodus 7:10 Exodus 7:12 Exodus 15:25 Exodus 22:31 Exodus 32:19 Exodus 32:24+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 1:16 Leviticus 14:40

Numbers — 3×

Numbers 19:6 Numbers 35:20 Numbers 35:22

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 9:17 Deuteronomy 9:21 Deuteronomy 29:28

Joshua — 5×

Joshua 8:29 Joshua 10:11 Joshua 10:27 Joshua 18:8 Joshua 18:10

Judges — 4×

Judges 8:25 Judges 9:17 Judges 9:53 Judges 15:17

2 Samuel — 5×

2 Sam 11:21 2 Sam 18:17 2 Sam 20:12 2 Sam 20:21 2 Sam 20:22

1 Kings — 5×

1 Ki 13:24 1 Ki 13:25 1 Ki 13:28 1 Ki 14:9 1 Ki 19:19

2 Kings — 15×

2 Ki 2:16 2 Ki 2:21 2 Ki 3:25 2 Ki 4:41 2 Ki 6:6 2 Ki 7:15 2 Ki 9:25 2 Ki 9:26 2 Ki 10:25 2 Ki 13:21 2 Ki 13:23 2 Ki 17:20 2 Ki 23:6 2 Ki 23:12 2 Ki 24:20

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 7:20 2 Chr 24:10 2 Chr 25:12 2 Chr 30:14 2 Chr 33:15

Nehemiah — 3×

Nehemiah 9:11 Nehemiah 9:26 Nehemiah 13:8

Job — 4×

Job 15:33 Job 18:7 Job 27:22 Job 29:17

Psalms — 10×

Psalms 2:3 Psalms 22:10 Psalms 50:17 Psalms 51:11 Psalms 55:22 Psalms 60:8 Psalms 71:9 Psalms 102:10 Psalms 108:9 Psalms 147:17

Ecclesiastes — 2×

Eccles 3:5 Eccles 3:6

Isaiah — 5×

Isaiah 2:20 Isaiah 14:19 Isaiah 19:8 Isaiah 34:3 Isaiah 38:17

Jeremiah — 15×

Jeremiah 7:15 Jeremiah 7:29 Jeremiah 9:19 Jeremiah 14:16 Jeremiah 22:19 Jeremiah 22:28 Jeremiah 26:23 Jeremiah 36:23 Jeremiah 36:30 Jeremiah 38:6 Jeremiah 38:9 Jeremiah 41:9 Jeremiah 51:63 Jeremiah 52:3+ 1 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 1×

Ezekiel — 10×

Ezekiel 5:4 Ezekiel 7:19 Ezekiel 16:5 Ezekiel 18:31 Ezekiel 19:12 Ezekiel 20:7 Ezekiel 20:8 Ezekiel 23:35 Ezekiel 28:17 Ezekiel 43:24

Daniel — 3×

Daniel 8:7 Daniel 8:11 Daniel 8:12

Joel — 1×

Amos — 2×

Amos 4:3 Amos 8:3

Jonah — 1×

Micah — 2×

Micah 2:5 Micah 7:19

Nahum — 1×

Zechariah — 4×

Zech 5:8 Zech 11:13+ 2 more in Zechariah

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