Word Study · Strong's H7909 · Hebrew

שַׁכּוּל

shakkul

shak-kool'

Strong's 1890 spelling: shakkûwl

“bereaved”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

bereaved

Rendered in the KJV as

barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).

7
occurrencesin the Old Testament
6 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 7 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה2
שַׁכּ֖וּל1
שַׁכּ֣וּל1
שַׁכּ֔וּל1
שְׁכוּלָ֖ה1
שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙1

How it is rendered · 4

robbed of cubs3
and [is one] deprived of offspring2
[was] bereaved1
childless1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

adjective · masculine singular3
conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular2
adjective · feminine plural1
adjective · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HAamsa · 3
HC/Aafsa · 2
HAafpa · 1
HAafsa · 1

All 7, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Song of Solomon2 of 7 · 29%
2 Samuel1 of 7 · 14%
Proverbs1 of 7 · 14%
Isaiah1 of 7 · 14%
Jeremiah1 of 7 · 14%

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2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 17:8שַׁכּ֖וּלshakuladjective · masculine singularHe continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.here: robbed of cubs

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 17:12שַׁכּ֣וּלshakuladjective · masculine singularIt is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.here: robbed of cubs

Song of Solomon2 occurrences

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 49:21שְׁכוּלָ֖הshekhulahadjective · feminine singularThen you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”here: [was] bereaved

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 18:21שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙shakulotadjective · feminine pluralTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.here: childless

Hosea1 occurrence

Hosea 13:8שַׁכּ֔וּלshakuladjective · masculine singularLike a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.here: robbed of cubs

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