Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7909: שַׁכּוּל

shakkûwl · pronounced shak-kool' · “childless”

Definition

bereaved

KJV translates it as: barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).

Word origin: or שַׁכֻּל; from H7921 (שָׁכֹל);

Extended definition

1) childless (through bereavement)
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H7909 is translated

  • robbed of cubs ×3
  • is one deprived of offspring ×2
  • was bereaved ×1
  • childless ×1

Bible verses with H7909 (shakkûwl)

Shakkûwl appears in 7 verses.

  • 2 Samuel 17:8

    For, 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 17:12

    Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

  • Song of Solomon 4:2

    Thy 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 6:6

    Thy 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.

  • Isaiah 49:21

    Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

  • Jeremiah 18:21

    Therefore 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 13:8

    I 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.