Strong’s H7908 · Hebrew
שְׁכוֹל
shᵉkôwl · shek-ole'
Origin infinitive of שָׁכֹל (H7921);
Meaning bereavement
In the King James Version loss of children, spoiling.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Psalms 35:12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
- Isaiah 47:8Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
- Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.