Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H7971: שָׁלַח

shâlach · pronounced shaw-lakh' · “to send: depart”

Definition

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

KJV translates it as: [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

Word origin: a primitive root;

Extended definition

: depart/send
1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
1e) (Hiphil) to send

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

How H7971 is translated

  • he sent ×203
  • me ×45
  • them ×35
  • him ×34
  • they sent ×30
  • you ×27
  • i will send ×27
  • he stretched out ×22
  • send ×22
  • i sent ×17
  • let go ×14
  • am about to send ×13

Bible verses with H7971 (shâlach)

Shâlach appears in 789 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 3:22

    And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

  • Genesis 3:23

    Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

  • Genesis 8:7

    And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

  • Genesis 8:8

    Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

  • Genesis 8:9

    But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

  • Genesis 8:10

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

  • Genesis 8:12

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.

  • Genesis 12:20

    And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Genesis 18:16

    And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

  • Genesis 19:10

    But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

  • Genesis 19:13

    For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

  • Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

  • Genesis 20:2

    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

  • Genesis 21:14

    And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.

  • Genesis 22:10

    And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

  • Genesis 22:12

    And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  • Genesis 24:7

    The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

  • Genesis 24:40

    And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:

  • Genesis 24:54

    And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

  • Genesis 24:56

    And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

  • Genesis 24:59

    And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

  • Genesis 25:6

    But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

  • Genesis 26:27

    And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?

  • Genesis 26:29

    That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.

  • Genesis 26:31

    And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

All 789 references (first 400)

Words derived from H7971

מִשְׁלוֹחַ H4916

mishlôwach — sending

שִׁלּוּחַ H7964

shillûwach — parting gift

שְׁלַח H7972

shᵉlach — to send

שֶׁלַח H7973

shelach — missile

שִׁלֹחַ H7975

Shilôach — Shelah

שֻׁלְחָן H7979

shulchân — table