Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7909
שַׁכּוּל
shak.kul · “childless”
Used 6 times across 5 books
Definition
1) childless (through bereavement)
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring
Where it appears
2 Samuel1
Proverbs1
Song of Solomon2
Jeremiah1
Hosea1
In the text
2 Samuel 17:8For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.Song of Solomon 4:2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.Song of Solomon 6:6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.Hosea 13:8I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
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