Strong H7971H7971Gשָׁלַח

to send: depart

One of the 7 senses of Strong H7971

Transliteration
shâlach
Pronunciation
shaw-lakh'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: depart/send
1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to send
1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct
1a3) to send away
1a4) to let loose
1b) (Niphal) to be sent
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out
1c2) to let go, set free
1c3) to shoot forth (of branches)
1c4) to let down
1c5) to shoot
1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled
1e) (Hiphil) to send

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

Strong H7971G appears in 626 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • send563
  • cast8
  • sendeth7
  • away5
  • go5
  • thou5
  • depart4
  • put4
  • shot4
  • let3
  • soweth3
  • bring2

First verses

  1. Genesis 3:23
    Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
  2. 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.
  3. 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;
  4. Genesis 8:10
    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
  5. Genesis 8:12
    And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
  6. Genesis 12:20
    And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Genesis 20:2
    And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
  11. 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.
  12. 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:
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Genesis 24:59
    And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
  16. Genesis 25:6
    But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
  17. Genesis 26:27
    And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
  18. 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 in peace: thou art now the blessed of the Lord.
  19. Genesis 26:31
    And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
  20. Genesis 27:42
    And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
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