שַׁכּוּלshakkûwl

שָׁבוּל: childless, (through bereavement) (Isaiah 49:21)

Pronunciation: shak-kool' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7909

Meanings

שַׁכּוּל: bereaved, robbed of offspring (2 Samuel 17:8; Hosea 13:8; Proverbs 17:12; Jeremiah 18:21; Song of Solomon 4:2)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 17:8 You know your father and his men; they are mighty warriors. Right now they are as enraged as a mother bear who has been robbed of her cubs. And remember that your father is an experienced man of war. He won’t be spending the night among the troops.
  • Proverbs 17:12 It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in foolishness.
  • Song of Solomon 4:2 Your teeth are as white as sheep, recently shorn and freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.
  • Song of Solomon 6:6 Your teeth are as white as sheep that are freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.
  • Isaiah 49:21 Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile. I was left here all alone. Where did all these people come from? Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?’”
  • Jeremiah 18:21 So let their children starve! Let them die by the sword! Let their wives become childless widows. Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle!
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).