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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. Deuteronomy 34:11שְׁלָחוֹ֙ · sent [Moses]
    …no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,
  2. Joshua 1:16תִּשְׁלָחֵ֖נוּ · you send us
    So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
  3. Joshua 2:1וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
  4. Joshua 2:3וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    So the king of Jericho sent to Rahab and said, “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, for they have come to spy out the whole land.”
  5. Joshua 2:21וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵ֖ם · and she sent them away
    “Let it be as you say,” she replied, and she sent them away. And when they had gone, she tied the scarlet cord in the window.
  6. Joshua 6:17שָׁלָֽחְנוּ׃ · we sent
    Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
  7. Joshua 6:25שָׁלַ֥ח · had sent
    And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
  8. Joshua 7:2וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ · sent
    Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.
  9. Joshua 7:22וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    So Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent, and there it all was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath.
  10. Joshua 8:3וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֖ם · and sent them out
    So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
  11. Joshua 8:9וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֣ם · sent them out
    So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the place of ambush and lay in wait between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But Joshua spent that night among the people.
  12. Joshua 10:3וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח · sent
    Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
  13. Joshua 10:6וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ · sent
    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”
  14. Joshua 11:1וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · he sent word
    Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
  15. Joshua 14:7בִּ֠שְׁלֹחַ · sent
    I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
  16. Joshua 14:11שְׁלֹ֤חַ · sent me out
    …still as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me out. As my strength was then, so it is now for war, for going out, and for coming in.
  17. Joshua 18:4וְאֶשְׁלָחֵ֗ם · and I will send them out
    Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me
  18. Joshua 22:6וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם · and sent them on their way
    So Joshua blessed them and sent them on their way, and they went to their homes.
  19. Joshua 22:7שִׁלְּחָ֧ם · sent them
    (To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan among their brothers.) When Joshua sent them to their homes he blessed them,
  20. Joshua 22:13וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ · sent
    The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  21. Joshua 24:5וָאֶשְׁלַ֞ח · Then I sent
    Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
  22. Joshua 24:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח · He sent
    Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
  23. Joshua 24:12וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח · I sent
    I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
  24. Joshua 24:28וַיְשַׁלַּ֤ח · away
    Then Joshua sent the people away, each to his own inheritance.
  25. Judges 1:8שִׁלְּח֥וּ · and set
    Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
  26. Judges 1:25שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃ · but released
    So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.
  27. Judges 2:6וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח · had dismissed
    After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
  28. Judges 3:15וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ · sent
    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
  29. Judges 3:18וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ · he ushered out
    After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
  30. Judges 3:21וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · reached
    And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
  31. Judges 4:6וַתִּשְׁלַ֗ח · She summoned
    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  32. Judges 5:15שֻׁלַּ֣ח · rushing
    The princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
  33. Judges 5:26תִּשְׁלַ֔חְנָה · She reached
    She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
  34. Judges 6:8וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח · sent
    He sent them a prophet, who told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
  35. Judges 6:14שְׁלַחְתִּֽיךָ׃ · sending you
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  36. Judges 6:21וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח · extended
    Then the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
  37. Judges 6:35שָׁלַ֣ח · [Gideon] sent; שָׁלַ֗ח
    Calling them to arms, Gideon sent messengers throughout Manasseh, as well as Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, so that they came up to meet him.
  38. Judges 7:8שִׁלַּח֙ · So Gideon sent
    So Gideon sent the rest of the Israelites to their tents but kept the three hundred men, who took charge of the provisions and rams’ horns of the others. And the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley.
  39. Judges 7:24שָׁלַ֣ח · sent
    Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
  40. Judges 9:23וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    God sent a spirit of animosity between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem and caused them to treat Abimelech deceitfully,
  41. Judges 9:31וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח · So he covertly sent
    So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you.
  42. Judges 11:12וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
  43. Judges 11:14וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent
    Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
  44. Judges 11:17וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent; שָׁלַ֖ח · sent
    Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
  45. Judges 11:19וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · sent
    And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
  46. Judges 11:28שָׁלַ֖ח · sent
    But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
  47. Judges 11:38וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח · And he sent her away
    “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
  48. Judges 12:9שִׁלַּ֣ח · whom he gave in marriage
    He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.