Usually translated as
send, put, cast, lay, set, let depart, any wise, appoint, conduct, grow long, push away, shoot, bring, earnestly, forsake, give, leave, reach forth, sow, spread, stretch forth
Occurrences
Shâlach occurs 846 times in 789 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (64), Exodus (64), Leviticus (10), Numbers (26), Deuteronomy (20), Joshua (23), Judges (36), 1 Samuel (62), 2 Samuel (56), 1 Kings (43), 2 Kings (66), 1 Chronicles (17), 2 Chronicles (34), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (14), Esther (15), Job (20), Psalms (31), Proverbs (12), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (31), Jeremiah (79), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (26), Daniel (2), Hosea (2), Joel (3), Amos (9), Obadiah (3), Micah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (10), Malachi (5)
- Genesis 3:22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth (יִשְׁלַ֣ח) his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
- Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth (וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֛הוּ) from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 8:7 — And he sent forth (וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח) a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
- Genesis 8:8 — Also he sent forth (וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח) a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
- Genesis 8:9 — But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth (וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח) his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:10 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth (שַׁלַּ֥ח) the dove out of the ark;
- Genesis 8:12 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth (וַיְשַׁלַּח֙) the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
- Genesis 12:20 — And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away (וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֥וּ), and his wife, and all that he had.
- Genesis 18:16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way (לְשַׁלְּחָֽם).
- Genesis 19:10 — But the men put forth (וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ) their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
- Genesis 19:13 — For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent (וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֥נוּ) us to destroy it.
- Genesis 19:29 — And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent (וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח) Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
- Genesis 20:2 — And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח), and took Sarah.
- Genesis 21:14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away (וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֶ֑הָ): and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 22:10 — And Abraham stretched forth (וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח) his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
- Genesis 22:12 — And he said, Lay (תִּשְׁלַ֤ח) not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
- Genesis 24:7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send (יִשְׁלַ֤ח) his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
- Genesis 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send (יִשְׁלַ֨ח) his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- Genesis 24:54 — And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away (שַׁלְּחֻ֥נִי) unto my master.
- Genesis 24:56 — And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away (שַׁלְּח֕וּנִי) that I may go to my master.
- Genesis 24:59 — And they sent away (וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֛וּ) Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
- Genesis 25:6 — But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away (וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם) from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
- Genesis 26:27 — And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away (וַתְּשַׁלְּח֖וּנִי) from you?
- Genesis 26:29 — That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away (וַנְּשַׁלֵּֽחֲךָ֖) in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
- Genesis 26:31 — And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away (וַיְשַׁלְּחֵ֣ם), and they departed from him in peace.
- Genesis 27:42 — And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent (וַתִּשְׁלַ֞ח) and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
- Genesis 27:45 — Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send (וְשָׁלַחְתִּ֖י), and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
- Genesis 28:5 — And Isaac sent away (וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח) Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
- Genesis 28:6 — When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away (וְשִׁלַּ֤ח) to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
- Genesis 30:25 — And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away (שַׁלְּחֵ֙נִי֙), that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
- Genesis 31:4 — And Jacob sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח) and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
- Genesis 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away (וָֽאֲשַׁלֵּחֲךָ֛) with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- Genesis 31:42 — Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away (שִׁלַּחְתָּ֑נִי) now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
- Genesis 32:3 — And Jacob sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח) messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
- Genesis 32:5 — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent (וָֽאֶשְׁלְחָה֙) to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
- Genesis 32:18 — Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent (שְׁלוּחָ֔ה) unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
- Genesis 32:26 — And he said, Let me go (שַׁלְּחֵ֔נִי), for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
- Genesis 32:26 — And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go (אֲשַֽׁלֵּחֲךָ֔), except thou bless me.
- Genesis 37:13 — And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send (וְאֶשְׁלָחֲךָ֣) thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
- Genesis 37:14 — And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent (וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֙הוּ֙) him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 37:22 — And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay (תִּשְׁלְחוּ) no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
- Genesis 37:32 — And they sent (וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֞וּ) the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
- Genesis 38:17 — And he said, I will send (אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח) thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
- Genesis 38:17 — And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send (שָׁלְחֶֽךָ) it?
- Genesis 38:20 — And Judah sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח) the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
- Genesis 38:23 — And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent (שָׁלַ֙חְתִּי֙) this kid, and thou hast not found her.
- Genesis 38:25 — When she was brought forth, she sent (שָׁלְחָ֤ה) to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
- Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח) and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:14 — Then Pharaoh sent (וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח) and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 42:4 — But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent (שָׁלַ֥ח) not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.