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שָׁלַח

sha.lachto send: departHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb847 occurrences34 books790 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: × 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).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלַח:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

847 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 25:27וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ · But men were sent
    From the time that Amaziah turned from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But men were sent after him to Lachish, and they killed him there.
  2. 2 Chronicles 28:16שָׁלַ֞ח · sent
    At that time King Ahaz sent for help from the king of Assyria.
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:1וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent
    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  4. 2 Chronicles 32:9שָׁ֠לַח · he sent
    Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
  5. 2 Chronicles 32:21וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    …and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.
  6. 2 Chronicles 32:31הַֽמְשַׁלְּחִ֤ים · were sent
    And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
  7. 2 Chronicles 34:8שָׁ֠לַח · Josiah sent
    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, in order to cleanse the land and the temple, Josiah sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
  8. 2 Chronicles 34:23שָׁלַ֥ח · sent
    And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
  9. 2 Chronicles 34:26הַשֹּׁלֵ֤חַ · who sent
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  10. 2 Chronicles 34:29וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח · summoned
    Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
  11. 2 Chronicles 35:21וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · But Neco sent
    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
  12. 2 Chronicles 36:10שָׁלַח֙ · summoned [Jehoiachin]
    In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  13. 2 Chronicles 36:15וַיִּשְׁלַ֡ח · sent word; וְשָׁל֑וֹחַ
    Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.
  14. Ezra 8:16וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֡ה · Then I summoned
    Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
  15. Nehemiah 2:5תִּשְׁלָחֵ֣נִי · you send me
    …and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
  16. Nehemiah 2:6וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֔נִי · to send me
    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
  17. Nehemiah 2:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · had also sent
    Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
  18. Nehemiah 6:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent me
    Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
  19. Nehemiah 6:3וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֨ה · So I sent
    So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
  20. Nehemiah 6:4וַיִּשְׁלְח֥וּ · they sent me
    Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
  21. Nehemiah 6:5וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · sent me
    The fifth time, Sanballat sent me this same message by his young servant, who had in his hand an unsealed letter
  22. Nehemiah 6:8וָאֶשְׁלְחָ֤ה · Then I sent
    Then I sent him this reply: “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
  23. Nehemiah 6:12שְׁלָח֑וֹ · sent him
    I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
  24. Nehemiah 6:19שָׁלַ֥ח · sent
    Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
  25. Nehemiah 8:10וְשִׁלְח֤וּ · and send out
    Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  26. Nehemiah 8:12וּלְשַׁלַּ֣ח · to send out
    Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
  27. Nehemiah 13:21אֶשְׁלַ֣ח · I will lay
    …but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
  28. Esther 1:22וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · He sent
    He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
  29. Esther 2:21לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ · to assassinate
    In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
  30. Esther 3:6לִשְׁלֹ֤ח · laying
    And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
  31. Esther 3:13וְנִשְׁל֨וֹחַ · were sent
    And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
  32. Esther 4:4וַתִּשְׁלַ֨ח · She sent
    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
  33. Esther 5:10וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח · And calling for
    Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
  34. Esther 6:2לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ · to assassinate
    And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
  35. Esther 8:7שָׁלַ֥ח · he attacked
    So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
  36. Esther 8:10וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · He sent
    Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
  37. Esther 9:2לִשְׁלֹ֣חַ · to attack
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  38. Esther 9:10שָׁלְח֖וּ · lay
    They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  39. Esther 9:15שָׁלְח֖וּ · lay
    On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  40. Esther 9:16שָֽׁלְח֖וּ · lay
    The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  41. Esther 9:20וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · and sent
    Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
  42. Esther 9:30וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · And [Mordecai] sent
    And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
  43. Job 1:4וְשָׁלְח֗וּ · and they would invite
    Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
  44. Job 1:5וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח · would send [for his children]
    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  45. Job 1:11שְֽׁלַֽח־ · stretch out
    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  46. Job 1:12תִּשְׁלַ֖ח · lay
    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  47. Job 2:5שְֽׁלַֽח־ · stretch out
    But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  48. Job 5:10וְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַ · and sends
    He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
  49. Job 8:4וַֽ֝יְשַׁלְּחֵ֗ם · He gave them over
    When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.