Strongs Number: H7921
- Hebrew Word
- שָׁכֹל
- Transliteration
- shâkôl
- Phonetic
- shaw-kole'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to {miscarry} that {is} suffer abortion; by analogy to bereave (literally or figuratively)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be bereaved, make childless, miscarry
a. (Qal) to be bereaved
b. (Piel)
1. to make childless
2. to cause barrenness, show barrenness or abortion
3. to miscarry
c. (Hiphil) miscarrying (participle)
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- bereave (of {children}) {barren} cast calf ({fruit} {young}) be (make) {childless} {deprive} {destroy} X-(idiom) {expect} lose {children} {miscarry} rob of {children} spoil.