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Hebrew verb · H5619

סָקַל

saqalsaw-kal'

to stone

22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: çâqal

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5619is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 7 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 20
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5619

properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation)

The King James renders it: (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), [idiom] surely.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

saqal is rendered "to stone". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.

  • Eight of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 8:26But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?
  • The Greek text spells it twenty different ways.

The first use

But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

Exodus 8:26יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eight of the word's twenty-two uses are in Exodus.

The other 32 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • it will be stoned to death3
  • and he stoned2
  • certainly to stone2
  • and he cleared of stones it1
  • and stone him1
  • and they stoned1
  • and they stoned him1
  • and they will stone her1
  • and they will stone me1
  • and you will stone1
  • and you will stone him1
  • and you will stone them1

and 6 more, 22 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 22, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

20 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל2
  • סֻקַּ֥ל2
  • וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ1
  • וַיִּסְקְלֻ֥הוּ1
  • וַיִּסְקְל֥וּ1
  • וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ1
  • וּסְקָלוּהָ֩1
  • וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃1
  • וּסְקַלְתּ֥וֹ1
  • וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨ם1
  • וּסְקַלְתָּ֥ם1
  • יִסָּקֵל֙1

and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVNi3ms
  • Hc/Vpw3ms2Hc/Vpw3ms
  • verb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVPp3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute2HVqaa
  • Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3ms
  • Hc/Vqq2mp1Hc/Vqq2mp
  • Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mp1Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mp
  • Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms1Hc/Vqq2ms/Sp3ms
  • Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp1bs1Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp1bs
  • Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fs1Hc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vqv2mp/Sp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp1Hc/Vqw3mp

Exodus

eight uses
  • But Moses replied, “It would not be right to do that, because the sacrifices we offer to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we offer sacrifices that are detestable before the Egyptians, will they not stone us?

    Exodus 8:26

    • יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃yiskelunuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: will they stone? us
  • Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”

    Exodus 17:4

    • וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃usekaluniHc/Vqq3cp/Sp1bstagged: and they will stone me
  • No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

    Exodus 19:13

    • סָק֤וֹלsakolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to stone
    • יִסָּקֵל֙yisakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be stoned to death
  • If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.

    Exodus 21:28

    • סָק֨וֹלsakolverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to stone
    • יִסָּקֵ֜לyisakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be stoned to death
  • But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.

    Exodus 21:29

    • יִסָּקֵ֔לyisakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be stoned to death
  • If the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.

    Exodus 21:32

    • יִסָּקֵֽל׃ סyisakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be stoned to death

Deuteronomy

four uses
  • Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

    Deuteronomy 13:10

    • וּסְקַלְתּ֥וֹusekaltoHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mstagged: and you will stone him
  • you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.

    Deuteronomy 17:5

    • וּסְקַלְתָּ֥םusekaltamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mptagged: and you will stone them
  • she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 22:21

    • וּסְקָלוּהָ֩usekaluhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3fstagged: and they will stone her
  • you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.

    Deuteronomy 22:24

    • וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨םusekaltemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will stone

Joshua

one use
  • “Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.

    Joshua 7:25

    • וַיִּסְקְל֥וּvaiyiskeluHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they stoned

1 Samuel

one use
  • And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

    1 Samuel 30:6

    • לְסָקְל֔וֹlesakelopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to stone him

2 Samuel

two uses
  • He threw stones at David and at all the servants of the king, though the troops and all the mighty men were on David’s right and left.

    2 Samuel 16:6

    • וַיְסַקֵּ֤לvaysakelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he stoned
  • So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

    2 Samuel 16:13

    • וַיְסַקֵּ֤לvaysakelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he stoned

1 Kings

four uses
  • But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

    1 Kings 21:10

    • וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּvesikluhuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and stone him
  • And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

    1 Kings 21:13

    • וַיִּסְקְלֻ֥הוּvaiyiskeluhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they stoned him
  • Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

    1 Kings 21:14

    • סֻקַּ֥לsukalverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has been stoned
  • When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

    1 Kings 21:15

    • סֻקַּ֥לsukalverb · intensive passive (pual), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had been stoned

Isaiah

two uses
  • He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!

    Isaiah 5:2

    • וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּvaysakelehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he cleared of stones it
  • Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

    Isaiah 62:10

    • סַקְּל֣וּsakeluverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: clear

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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