Shelach שֶׁ֫לַח
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| שֶׁ֫לַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shelach |
| Strong's number | H7973 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | missile |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Chronicles (2) |
Shelach (Hebrew שֶׁ֫לַח, Strong's H7973) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “missile”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) weapon, missile, sprout
1a) missile, weapon
1b) sprout, shoot
1a) missile, weapon
1b) sprout, shoot
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sword (3), weapon (2), darts (1), off (1), plants (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sword (2), their weapons (1), weapons (1), weapon (1), carried his weapon (1), your branches (1), defenses (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shelach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 23:10And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.He stationed all the troops, with their weapons in hand, surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:17They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
- Nehemiah 4:23So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.
Job
- Job 33:18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- Job 36:12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 4:13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
Joel
- Joel 2:8Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).