Strong's H7921 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׁכֹל (shâkôl)

Pronunciation: shaw-kole'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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

KJV Renderings: bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, [idiom] expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil

Senses

1. to be bereaved, make childless, miscarry
   1. (Qal) to be bereaved
   2. (Piel)
      1. to make childless
      2. to cause barrenness, show barrenness or abortion
      3. to miscarry
   3. (Hiphil) miscarrying (participle)

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