H7908 שְׁכוֹל (shᵉkôwl) shek-ole'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bereavement

Strong's Definition

bereavement

Derivation: infinitive of H7921 (שָׁכֹל);

KJV Usage: loss of children, spoiling.

TWOT Reference: 2385a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bereavement, loss of children

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁכוֹל (she.khol) — bereavement. bereavement, loss of children

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שְׁכֹול (H7908)

noun m · שׁכל

Dead

being bereaved of children = process by which humans lose their offspring through an untimely death

PSA 35:12 · ISA 47:8 · ISA 47:9

¹ PSA 35:12 NJPS "bereavement" ESV "bereft" | LXX "ἀτεκνίαν" VUL "sterilitatem" NJB "barren" | REB "take my life" | RSV NIV NRSV "forlorn" GNT "despair" CEV "all alone"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁכוֹל n.[m.] bereavement, loss of children base

Bible Occurrences (3)

35:12

47:8 47:9

Isaiah 47:8

So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely..., who says to herself, I [am], and there is none besides me. I will never... be a widow... or know the loss of children.

Isaiah 47:9

These two [things] will overtake you in a moment, in a single day: loss of children, and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and the potency of your spells....