Quick Definition
to throw
Strong's Definition
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
TWOT Reference: 2398
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) — to throw. 1) to throw, cast, hurl, fling 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down 1a2) to cast (lots) (fig) 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be thrown, be cast 1b2) to be cast forth or out 1b3) to be cast down 1b4) to be cast (metaph)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שַׁלֶּכֶת
Move | verb hif, verb hof
to cast, to throw, to hurl = causative action by which animals, deities, or humans cause an object to move through the air with some speed in a certain direction; ≈ often associated with some degree of rejection
GEN 21:15 · GEN 37:20 · GEN 37:22 · GEN 37:24 · EXO 1:22 · EXO 4:3 · EXO 4:3 · EXO 7:9 · EXO 7:10 · EXO 7:12 · EXO 15:25 · EXO 22:30 · EXO 32:19 · EXO 32:24 · LEV 1:16 · LEV 14:40 · NUM 19:6 · NUM 35:20 · NUM 35:22 · DEU 9:17 · DEU 9:21 · JOS 8:29 · JOS 10:11 · JOS 10:27 · JOS 18:8 · JOS 18:10 · JDG 8:25 · JDG 9:53 · JDG 15:17 · 2SA 11:21 · 2SA 18:17 · 2SA 20:12 · 2SA 20:21 · 2SA 20:22 · 1KI 13:24 · 1KI 13:25 · 1KI 13:28 · 1KI 19:19 · 2KI 2:16 · 2KI 2:21 · 2KI 3:25 · 2KI 4:41 · 2KI 6:6 · 2KI 7:15 · 2KI 9:25 · 2KI 9:26 · 2KI 10:25 · 2KI 13:21 · 2KI 23:6 · 2KI 23:12 · 2CH 24:10 · 2CH 25:12 · 2CH 30:14 · 2CH 33:15 · NEH 9:11 · NEH 13:8 · PSA 2:3 · PSA 60:10 · PSA 102:11 · PSA 108:10 · PSA 147:17 · ECC 3:5 · ECC 3:6 · ISA 2:20 · ISA 14:19 · ISA 19:8 · ISA 34:3 · JER 7:29 · JER 14:16 · JER 22:19 · JER 26:23 · JER 36:23 · JER 36:30 · JER 38:6 · JER 38:9 · JER 41:9 · JER 51:63 · EZK 5:4 · EZK 7:19 · EZK 16:5 · EZK 19:12 · EZK 20:7 · EZK 20:8 · EZK 28:17 · EZK 43:24 · DAN 8:7 · JOL 1:7 · AMO 8:3 · JON 2:4 · MIC 2:5 · MIC 7:19 · NAM 3:6 · ZEC 5:8 · ZEC 5:8 · ZEC 11:13 · ZEC 11:13
Move | verb hif, verb hof
to hurl out, to cast away literally: to cast away; hence: = causative process by which humans leave their country because they are forced to settle somewhere else for an indefinite amount of time; ≈ associated with rejection
Blow | verb hif
to hurl oneself (at someone) literally: (wind) hurls (itself at someone); hence: = process by which the wind blows with strength and causes strong discomfort to people
Bear | verb hif, verb hof
to cast (someone on someone else), to entrust (someone) literally: to cast (someone or something on someone else); hence: = causative action by which humans entrust other humans to the care of a person or situation
Non-Bear | verb hif
to shake off literally: to cast away (one's actions); hence: = action by which humans do what is needed to no longer bear the responsibility for their actions
Detach | verb hif | ≈ חמס
to let go, to shed, to drop literally: to cast off; hence: = process by which a plant lets go of its fruits
Free | verb hif
to snatch (someone's victim from its control) literally: to cast, throw, hurl (something from somewhere); hence: causative action by which humans use force to cause other humans to let their victims go free, ◄ like someone forcing a wild animal to drop its prey which its carries in its mouth
Fail | verb hif
(actions) overthrow (the perpetrator) literaly: (actions) throw (someone) down; hence: = causative process by which certain actions cause humans to fail in their undertakings
End | verb hif
to cast down (splendor, truth) literally: to cast down (a condition); hence: = causative process by which circumstances or divine intervention bring a certain condition to a sudden end; ≈ associated with humiliation
Innocent | verb hif
Collocation: שׁלך חֲטָאִים אַחֲרֵי גַּו
to cast behind (one's) back, to forgive literally: to cast (someone else's) sins behind (one's) back; = action by which deities stop considering (someone's) sinful actions and treat them as something that never happened
Impact | verb hif, verb hof
to tear down literally: to cast down (a construction); hence: = causative action by which humans destroy a building or other construction
Unsafe | verb hif
Collocation: שׁלך נֶפֶשׁ מִנֶּגֶד
to risk (one's) life literally, probably: to cast (one's) life away from (oneself); hence: = action by which humans intentionally expose themselves to danger to achieve a certain goal
Unwilling | verb hif
Collocation: שׁלך · שׁלך מִלְּפָנֶה · שׁלך מֵעַל־פַּנֶה · שׁלך מִפָּנֶה
to cast from (one's) presence, to reject literally: to cast (someone) from (one's face); hence: = action by which deities end their relationship with humans and refuse to have anything to do with them anymore
2KI 13:23 · 2KI 17:20 · 2KI 24:20 · 2CH 7:20 · PSA 51:13 · PSA 71:9 · JER 7:15 · JER 7:15 · JER 52:3
1 ECC 3:5 The meaning of this collocation is unsure | among the possibilities are: (1) to throw stones on a field to make it unsuitable for cultivation, (2) to throw stones that were found on a field aside, (3) to lay bricks, (4) a euphemism for having sex, etc.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁלַךְ] 125 vb. Hiph. 112 throw, fling, cast Hoph. be thrown, cast
be cast forth, out
be cast down
metaph., be cast
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