H7993 שָׁלַךְ
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 125 KJV occurrences
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak · shaw-lak
Definition
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings
adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 125)
- Genesis 21:15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
- Leviticus 14:40Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
- 2 Samuel 11:21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
- 2 Kings 7:15And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
- Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
- Ecclesiastes 3:5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
- Jeremiah 36:23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
- Ezekiel 28:17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.