שָׁכֹל (šākōl) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning barrenness. It appears
24 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7921).
Also rendered
childless
be bereaved
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2385)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2385)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
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
שָׁכֹלverb: be bereaved
Qalbe bereaved
Piel
1.make childless
2.
a.cause barrenness, or abortion
b.shew barrenness, or abortion
Hiphilmiscarrying womb
Strong's H7921שָׁכֹל: properly, to miscarry, i.e. suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave (literally or figuratively) KJV:bereave (of children), barren, cast calf (fruit, young), be (make) childless, deprive, destroy, × expect, lose children, miscarry, rob of children, spoil.
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.