Shakkûwl — H7909

Definition

adjective

bereaved

1. childless (through bereavement)
2. bereaved, robbed of offspring

Usually translated as

barren, of children, bereaved

Origin

or shakkul; from H7921

• Derived from Shâkôl (H7921)

Greek equivalents

• aporéō (G639)

Occurrences

Shakkûwl occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)

• 2 Samuel 17:8 — For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps (שַׁכּ֖וּל) in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
• Proverbs 17:12 — Let a bear robbed (שַׁכּ֣וּל) of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
• Song of Songs 4:2 — Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren (וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה) among them.
• Song of Songs 6:6 — Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren (וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖ה) among them.
• Isaiah 49:21 — Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children (שְׁכוּלָ֖ה), and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?
• Jeremiah 18:21 — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children (שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙), and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
• Hosea 13:8 — I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved (שַׁכּ֔וּל) of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.