Shekhol שְׁכוֹל

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Shekhol
שְׁכוֹל
Transliterationshekhol
Strong's numberH7908
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossbereavement
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (2)

Shekhol (Hebrew שְׁכוֹל, Strong's H7908) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bereavement”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

bereavement, loss of children

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVchildren (2), spoiling (1)
BSBloss of children (2), bereavement (1)

Verses

Every verse with Shekhol, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Psalms

Isaiah

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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