שָׁלַל shalal
Hebrew word for “to loot” · Strong’s H7997 · used 16 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) to spoil, plunder, take spoil; 1a) (Qal) to spoil, plunder; 1b) (Hithpolel) to be spoiled, be plundered
Senses in the lexicon
- to loot (14)
- to take (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for shalal in context, with how often each is used:
- will plunder 4
- plunder 3
- plundered 2
- those who plunder 1
- ¿ to plunder 1
- those who plundered 1
- have plundered 1
- who plundered 1
- indeed 1
- will pull out 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 38 (2), Ruth 2 (1), Psalms 76 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 59 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1), Ezekiel 26 (1), Ezekiel 29 (1), Ezekiel 39 (1), Habakkuk 2 (1)
Forms
- לשׁלל 3
- ושׁללו 2
- אשׁתוללו 1
- משׁתולל 1
- שׁלליה 1
- ושׁלל 1
- הלשׁלל 1
- שׁלליהם 1
- שׁלות 1
- ישׁלוך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shalal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּזַז bazaz “to plunder” 6
- שָׁלָל shalal “spoil” 5
- בַּז baz “plunder” 4
- קִנְיָן qinyan “acquisition” 2
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 4
- חַיִל chayil “strength” 3
- מִקְנֶה miqneh “livestock” 2
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 3
- עֵץ ets “tree” 2
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 2
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
- אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 2
Key verses
The verses using shalal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ruth 2:16 — And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.
- Psalms 76:5 — The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands.
- 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 59:15 — Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
- Jeremiah 50:10 — And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
- Ezekiel 26:12 — And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they…
- Ezekiel 29:19 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her…
- Ezekiel 38:12 — To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the…
- Ezekiel 38:13 — Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy…
- Ezekiel 39:10 — So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil…
- Habakkuk 2:8 — Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city,…
- 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.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
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.