שְׁכוֹל
šĕkôl
bereavement
Strong's H7908NounHebrewTWOT 2385a

שְׁכוֹל (šĕkôl) is a Hebrew noun meaning bereavement. It appears 3 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7908).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2385a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2385a)bereavement, loss of children; spoiling
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שְׁכוֹל noun, masculine: bereavement, loss of children

Strong's H7908 שְׁכוֹל: bereavement
KJV:loss of children, spoiling.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2385: שָׁכֹל šākōl — be bereaved; make childless, cause barrenness, shew barrenness, abortion; miscarrying womb; miscarry, suffer abortion, bereave; barren, cast calf, be childless, deprive, destroy, lose children, rob of children, spoil

See it in Scripture

Psalms 35:12Isaiah 47:8

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