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Lexicon :: Strong's H7993 - šālaḵ

Aa
שָׁלַךְ
Transliteration
šālaḵ
Pronunciation
shaw-lak
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2398

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x

The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 125x
The KJV translates Strong's H7993 in the following manner: cast (77x), cast out (15x), cast away (11x), cast down (11x), cast forth (4x), cast off (2x), adventured (1x), hurl (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

  1. to throw, cast, hurl, fling

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down

      2. to cast (lots) (fig)

    2. (Hophal)

      1. to be thrown, be cast

      2. to be cast forth or out

      3. to be cast down

      4. to be cast (metaph)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַךְ shâlak, shaw-lak; a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively):—adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
STRONGS H7993: Abbreviations
[שָׁלַךְ] 125 verb
Hiph.112 throw, fling, cast (Phoenician שלד in compare proper name, meaning dubious; Arabic bdb102011 is travel (or cause to travel) along a road, cause to enter); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׁלִיךְ Amos 8:3 +; 2nd person masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְּתּוֺ Jeremiah 51:63; 2nd person feminine plural consecutive וְהִשְׁלַכְתֶּ֫נָה Amos 4:3, etc.; Imperfect יַשְׁלִיךְ Isaiah 2:20, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ Judges 9:17 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁלֵךְ Exodus 7:9; Psalm 55:23, feminine singular הַשְׁלִיכִי Jeremiah 7:29, etc.; Infinitive absolute הַשְׁלֵךְ Jeremiah 22:19; Jeremiah 36:23; construct הַשְׁלִיךְ Ecclesiastes 3:5, 6, etc.; Participle מֵשְׁלְיךְ Micah 2:5; Psalm 147:17, etc.; —
1. usually human subject, throw, cast:
a. accusative of thing, with many prepositions: e.g. אָל location 2 Kings 23:12; Ezekiel 5:4; Zechariah 5:8 (twice in verse) +, also (accusative of thing omitted) Exodus 15:25 (J), Numbers 19:6 (P) +; ב loc, Exodus 32:24 (E), Ezekiel 7:19 +; rarely ל location 2 Chronicles 30:14 and (accusative omitted) 2 Chronicles 24:10; עַל location 2 Kings 23:6, ָ  ה locative Exodus 4:3 (twice in verse), שָׁ֫מָּה Judges 8:25; 2 Kings 6:6 (accusative omitted), etc.; especially of casting dead bodies, אֶל location Joshua 8:29 (J), Joshua 10:27 (J), + 3 times, ב location Amos 8:3; 2 Kings 9:25, 26. 2 Kings 13:21, מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ Jeremiah 22:19; accusative of thing + אֶל person 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Samuel 20:22 (accusative omitted); accusative of thing with עַל person Nahum 3:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21 (+ מֵעַל), etc.; accusative of thing + מִיָּד Exodus 32:19 (E), compare Deuteronomy 9:17 (מֵעַל); + ל of animal Exodus 22:30 (E), Isaiah 2:20, etc.
†b. with accusative of person, אֶל of pit Genesis 37:22 (E), Jeremiah 38:6, 9, ב of pit Genesis 37:20 (E), with ה locative Genesis 37:24 (E; pit), Exodus 1:22 (J), compare Amos 4:3 (si vera lectio); תַּחַת location Genesis 21:15 (E); accusative י׳, figurative, with אַחֲרֵי גַוֶּךָ֑ 1 Kings 14:9 (of apostasy), Ezekiel 23:35, so י׳'s law Nehemiah 9:26, words (אַחֲרֵי person reflexive) Psalm 50:17.
†c. throw away, accusative of thing Judges 15:17 (מִיָּדוֺ), 2 Kings 7:15; Ezekiel 20:7, 8; Psalm 2:3 (מִן reflexive), Ecclesiastes 3:5 (opposed to = כָּנַס); accusative omitted Jeremiah 7:29; Joel 1:7 (of locusts); absolute Ecclesiastes 3:6 (opposed to שָׁמַר); accusative of transgression Ezekiel 18:31 (figurative; מֵעַל reflexive).
†d. cast off, shed, blossom (like flower) Job 15:33.
e. cast down (late), subject goat, accusative ram, Daniel 8:7 (אַ֫רְצָה) little horn, accusative אֱמֶת Daniel 8:12 (id.); accusative of person (literal) 2 Chronicles 25:12 (מִן local), Job 18:7 his (own) counsel felleth him; so probably Jeremiah 9:18 they have overthrown our dwellings (Du reads Hoph.).
f. figurative, Psalm 55:23 cast עליֿ׳ thy lot.
2. י׳ subject:
a. cast, accusative of thing, + עַל person Joshua 10:11 (E), Job 27:22 (accusative of thing omitted); sandal upon Edom Psalm 60:10 = Psalm 108:10 (sign of possession); ice (no preposition) Psalm 147:17.
b. accusative of person + ב location 2 Kings 2:16 (subject רוּחַ י׳), Nehemiah 9:11; Jonah 2:4 (+ accusative of location); + אַ֫רְצָה Ezekiel 28:17 (figurative); אֶל location (of exile) Deuteronomy 29:27; especially of י׳'s rejecting men, accusative of person + פָּנָיו מֵעַל 2 Kings 13:23; 2 Kings 24:20, compare 2 Kings 17:20; Jeremiah 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:3, also Psalm 51:13 and (without מִן) Psalm 71:9; casting sins (accusative) אַחֲרֵי גֵּוְךָ Isaiah 38:17, ב location Micah 7:19.
c. cast down, honour of Israel + accusative of location, מִן local, Lamentations 2:1; accusative of person Psalm 102:11 (opposed to נָשָׂא).
3. phrases: הִשׁי גּוֺרָל † Joshua 18:8, 10 (RD) cast lots ל in behalf of; חֶבֶל בְגוֺרָל מַשׁ׳ Micah 2:5 (see גּוֺרָל 3, I. חֶבֶל 2); בַּיְאוֺר חַכָּה מַשׁ׳ Isaiah 19:8 i.e. fishermen; וַיַּשְׁלֵח נַפְשׁוֺ מִנֶּגֶד Judges 9:17, see נֶגֶד 2c; טָ֑רֶף מִשּׁנָּיו אַשׁ׳ Job 29:17 out of his teeth I cast the prey.
† Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֻשְׁלַח Daniel 8:11; 2nd person masculine singular הָשְׁלַכְתָּ Isaiah 14:19, etc.; Imperfect 2nd person feminine singular וַתֻּשְׁלְכִי Ezekiel 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֻשְׁלָ֑כוּ Isaiah 34:3; Participle מֻשְׁלָח 2 Samuel 20:21, etc.; —
1. be thrown, cast, accusative of head, אֶל person + בְּעַד of wall 2 Samuel 20:21; carcass, ב location 1 Kings 13:24, 25, 28; Jeremiah 14:16; לַחֹרֶב Jeremiah 36:30.
2. be cast forth, out, absolute of dead Isaiah 34:3; מִן of grave Isaiah 14:19; הַשָּׁדֶה אֶל־פְּנֵי Ezekiel 16:5 (Jerusalem personified as infant); עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Jeremiah 22:28 (of exile).
3. be cast down, לָאָרֶץ Ezekiel 19:12 (Israel, figurative of vine); absolute of sanctuary Daniel 8:11.
4. metaphor, be cast, על of י׳ Psalm 22:11 (i.e. on his protection).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

21:15; 37:20; 37:22; 37:24

Exodus

1:22; 4:3; 7:9; 15:25; 22:30; 32:19; 32:24

Numbers

19:6

Deuteronomy

9:17; 29:27

Joshua

8:29; 10:11; 10:27; 18:8; 18:10

Judges

8:25; 9:17; 9:17; 9:53; 15:17

2 Samuel

11:21; 20:21; 20:21; 20:22

1 Kings

13:24; 13:25; 13:28; 14:9; 19:19

2 Kings

2:16; 6:6; 7:15; 9:25; 9:26; 13:21; 13:23; 17:20; 23:6; 23:12; 24:20

2 Chronicles

24:10; 25:12; 30:14

Nehemiah

9:11; 9:26

Job

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

Psalms

2:3; 22:11; 50:17; 51:13; 55:23; 55:23; 60:10; 71:9; 102:11; 108:10; 147:17; 147:17

Ecclesiastes

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:6

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

7:15; 7:29; 7:29; 9:18; 14:16; 22:19; 22:19; 22:28; 36:23; 36:30; 38:6; 38:9; 51:63; 52:3

Lamentations

2:1

Ezekiel

5:4; 7:19; 16:5; 16:5; 18:31; 19:12; 20:7; 20:8; 23:35; 28:17

Daniel

8:7; 8:11; 8:11; 8:12

Joel

1:7

Amos

4:3; 4:3; 8:3; 8:3

Jonah

2:4

Micah

2:5; 2:5; 7:19

Nahum

3:6

Zechariah

5:8

H7993

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Strong's Number H7993 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַךְ (šālaḵ),
which occurs 125 times in 121 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Eze 7:19–Zec 11:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:19 - “ ‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:31 - Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:12 - But it was uprooted in fury and thrown to the ground. The east wind made it shrivel, it was stripped of its fruit; its strong branches withered and fire consumed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:7 - And I said to them, “Each of you, get rid of the vile images you have set your eyes on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:8 - “ ‘But they rebelled against me and would not listen to me; they did not get rid of the vile images they had set their eyes on, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:35 - “Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness and prostitution.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - You are to offer them before the LORD, and the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:7 - I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:11 - It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the LORD; it took away the daily sacrifice from the LORD, and his sanctuary was thrown down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:12 - Because of rebellion, the LORD’s people[fn] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:7 - It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 4:3 - You will each go straight out through breaches in the wall, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,[fn]”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:3 - “In that day,” declares the Sovereign LORD, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[fn] Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:5 - Therefore you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:19 - You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:6 - I will pelt you with filth, I will treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - He said, “This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:13 - And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—the handsome price at which they valued me! So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the house of the LORD.

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