Strong's Hebrew · H7971
H7971 shâlach
שָׁלַח
shaw-lakh'
to send
shâlach appears 846 times in Scripture, including Genesis 3:22 and Genesis 3:23. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
In the King James Version
× any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 846 times in Scripture
“Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.”
“that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.””
“Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.”
“and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.”
“But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.”
“Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.”
“And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.”
“Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.”
“Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...””
“Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
