Shâlâh — H7953

Definition

verb

to draw out or off, i.e. remove (the soul by death)

1. (Qal) to draw out, extract

Usually translated as

take away

Origin

a primitive root (rather cognate (by contraction) to the base of H5394, H7997 and their congeners through the idea of extracting)

• Nâshal (H5394)
• Shâlal (H7997)

Greek equivalents

• dialeípō (G1257)
• planáō (G4105)

Occurrences

Shâlâh occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1)

• Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away (יֵ֖שֶׁל) his soul?