Strong's Definition
to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: let fall, make self a prey, [idiom] of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
TWOT Reference: 2399,2400
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
שָׁלַל (sha.lal) — to take. (Qal) to draw out
שָׁלַל (sha.lal) — to loot. 1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil 1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder 1b) (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שֹׁולָל · שָׁלָל
Non-Whole
to draw out = causative action by which humans pull out some items from a bundle of similar items
Possess | verb qal, verb etpa''al, verb hit | ≈ בזז
to plunder, to take plunder poetic term = action by which humans take all sorts of goods (including people and animals) by force from an enemy in war
PSA 76:6 · ISA 10:6 · ISA 59:15 · JER 50:10 · EZK 26:12 · EZK 29:19 · EZK 38:12 · EZK 38:13 · EZK 38:13 · EZK 39:10 · EZK 39:10 · HAB 2:8 · HAB 2:8 · ZEC 2:12
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁלַל] vb. draw out;—Ru 2:16 ref
שָׁלַל vb. spoil, plunder Qal spoil, plunder
Hithpō‛. the stout of heart are spoiled
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