Hebrew · Strong's H7993 · Verb

שָׁלַךְ

sha·lakh

to throw

125times used

121verses

26books

How it's translated

and he threw10
and they threw8
and he threw it5
he threw4
and i threw3
and they threw them3
thrown down3
and she threw2

Definition

1) to throw, cast, hurl, fling

1a) (Hiphil)

1a1) to throw, cast, throw away, cast off, shed, cast down

1a2) to cast (lots) (fig)

1b) (Hophal)

1b1) to be thrown, be cast

1b2) to be cast forth or out

1b3) to be cast down

The forms it takes

Stem

Hiphil 90% causing someone to do it
Hophal 10% passive of Hiphil

Form

Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 37% and then …: the storyteller’s past
Perfect (qatal) 18% a complete action, usually past
Imperfect (yiqtol) 14% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
Weqatal (“and he will”) 10% and then …: future or instructions
Imperative 8% a command
Participle 7% one who is doing

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Between Hebrew and Greek

The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:

ῥίπτω rhiptō · to throw/lay down 64%
βάλλω ballō · to throw: throw 12%
ἀπορρίπτω aporriptō · to throw off 10%
ἐκβάλλω ekballō · to expel 8%
ἐκτείνω ekteinō · to stretch out 4%

Where it appears

Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi

2 Kings15
Jeremiah14
Psalms10
Ezekiel10
Exodus9
Joshua5
2 Samuel5
1 Kings5
2 Chronicles5
Isaiah5

…and 16 more books.

Every verse

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English previews: World English Bible. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.