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Strong H79717 sensesשָׁלַח

to send: depart · to send: let go · to send: reach · to send: divorce · to send: burn · to send: marriage …

Transliteration
shâlach
Pronunciation
shaw-lakh'

The 7 senses of Strong H7971

The lexicon tells 7 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7971 appears in 789 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to send: departH7971G: depart/send626 verses · 33 books
  2. to send: let goH7971H: let_go/free85 verses · 16 books
  3. to send: reachH7971K: reach/put/send(hand)61 verses · 19 books
  4. to send: divorceH7971I: divorce10 verses · 5 books
  5. to send: burnH7971L: burn/send(to_fire)4 verses · Judges, 2 Kings, Psalms
  6. to send: marriageH7971J: marriage1 verse · Judges
  7. to send: exileH7971M: exile1 verse · Isaiah

General definition

A primitive root; to send {away} {for} or out (in a great variety of applications): - X any {wise} {appoint} bring (on the {way}) cast ({away} {out}) {conduct} X {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).

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • send584
  • go67
  • put44
  • stretch14
  • cast13
  • sendeth8
  • thou8
  • lie7
  • let7
  • away6
  • lay6
  • set5

First verses

  1. 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 his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
  2. Genesis 3:23
    Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
  3. Genesis 8:7
    And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
  4. Genesis 8:8
    Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
  5. 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 his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
  6. Genesis 8:10
    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
  7. Genesis 8:12
    And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
  8. Genesis 12:20
    And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
  9. 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.
  10. Genesis 19:10
    But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
  11. 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 us to destroy it.
  12. Genesis 19:29
    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
  13. Genesis 20:2
    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
  14. 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: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.
  15. Genesis 22:10
    And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
  16. Genesis 22:12
    And he said, Lay 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.
  17. 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 his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
  18. Genesis 24:40
    And he said unto me, The Lord, before whom I walk, will send 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:
  19. 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 unto my master.
  20. Genesis 24:56
    And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.