שָׁלַח shalach

Hebrew word for “to send” · Strong’s H7971 · used 847 times in 790 verses

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Meaning

: depart/send; 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out;

Senses in the lexicon

• to send: depart (669)
• to send: let go (97)
• to send: reach (64)
• to send: divorce (11)
• to send: burn (4)
• to send: marriage (1)
• to send: exile (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shalach in context, with how often each is used:

• sent 321
• will send 51
• has sent 37
• go 34
• sent away 33
• stretched out 30
• send 29
• will let go 28
• sending 19
• had sent 18
• sent out 16
• stretch out 16

Where it is used

Also in 22 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 9 (11), 2 Samuel 11 (10), 1 Kings 20 (9), Jeremiah 29 (9), Exodus 8 (8), 1 Samuel 20 (8), 2 Samuel 3 (8), 2 Samuel 10 (7), 2 Kings 5 (7), 2 Kings 6 (7)

Forms

• וישׁלח 215
• שׁלח 131
• וישׁלחו 35
• שׁלחו 35
• שׁלחני 33
• ישׁלח 28
• ושׁלחתי 24
• שׁלחתי 21
• ושׁלח 20
• אשׁלח 20

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shalach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַלְאָךְ maleakh “messenger” 73
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 93
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 77
• דָּוִד david “David” 73
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 66
• דָּבָר davar “word” 72
• עִם im “with” 60
• כֹּה koh “thus” 51
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 59
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 41
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 60
• אִם im “if” 56

Key verses

The verses using shalach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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,…
• 1 Samuel 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I…
• 1 Kings 9:7 — Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel…
• Isaiah 10:6 — I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to…
• Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
• Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and…
• Jeremiah 3:1 — They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted?…
• Jeremiah 15:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
• Zechariah 2:11 — And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.