שָׁלַךְ (sha.lakh) means “to throw” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shaw-lak Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁלַךְ · sha.lakh · to throw
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 1b4) to be cast (metaph)
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a primitive root; to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and threw | 9 |
| cast | 4 |
| threw | 4 |
| throw | 4 |
| and throw him | 3 |
| and thrown | 3 |
| and cast | 2 |
| and throw | 2 |
| and throw it down | 2 |
| and throw them | 2 |
| cast away | 2 |
| cast down | 2 |
| he finally banished | 2 |
| i toss | 2 |
| lying | 2 |
| thrown | 2 |
| and cast away | 1 |
| and cast it | 1 |
| and cast me aside | 1 |
| and dropped | 1 |
| and have cast | 1 |
| and he cast them | 1 |
| and he dumped them | 1 |
| and he shoved her down | 1 |
| and i cast | 1 |
| and i will banish | 1 |
| and i will cast | 1 |
| and it flung | 1 |
| and overthrew | 1 |
| and put him | 1 |
| and risked | 1 |
| and snatched | 1 |
| and the goat threw him | 1 |
| and they dropped them | 1 |
| and threw them | 1 |
| and threw them down | 1 |
| and throw it away | 1 |
| and thrown it away | 1 |
| and when he cast it | 1 |
| and when i threw it | 1 |
| and you have flung me | 1 |
| and you will be cast out | 1 |
| are cast out | 1 |
| are to sprinkle | 1 |
| cast me not away | 1 |
| cast them | 1 |
| discard me | 1 |
| dropped | 1 |
| for you cast me | 1 |
| had thrown | 1 |
| had thrown off | 1 |
| have been torn down | 1 |
| he cast | 1 |
| he casts forth | 1 |
| he had banished them | 1 |
| he has cast | 1 |
| he threw | 1 |
| i have cast out | 1 |
| i was cast | 1 |
| i will pelt | 1 |
| instead you were thrown out | 1 |
| it hurls itself | 1 |
| left lying | 1 |
| must throw away | 1 |
| one threw down | 1 |
| pushing down | 1 |
| she left | 1 |
| so i cast you | 1 |
| so moses threw | 1 |
| so they threw | 1 |
| strewn | 1 |
| that sheds | 1 |
| then i will cast | 1 |
| they flung | 1 |
| they have dropped him | 1 |
| they will throw | 1 |
| threw the bodies out | 1 |
| thrown out | 1 |
| throws | 1 |
| throws an object | 1 |
| to cast away | 1 |
| to discard | 1 |
| to divide | 1 |
| trip him up | 1 |
| who cast | 1 |
| who dropped | 1 |
| will be left unburied | 1 |
| will be thrown | 1 |
| will cast away | 1 |
| you are to throw | 1 |
| you have cast | 1 |
| you hurled | 1 |
| you must throw | 1 |
| you will cast out | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and cast | 22 |
| cast | 10 |
| and he cast | 5 |
| cast down | 3 |
| shall cast | 3 |
| will i cast out | 3 |
| away | 2 |
| cast away | 2 |
| him and cast | 2 |
| out | 2 |
| shall be cast out | 2 |
| to cast away | 2 |
| ye shall cast | 2 |
| against thee and cast | 1 |
| also shall be cast out | 1 |
| and all they that cast | 1 |
| and cast away | 1 |
| and cast forth | 1 |
| and cast me down | 1 |
| and cast them down | 1 |
| and castest | 1 |
| and did cast | 1 |
| and hast cast | 1 |
| and i cast | 1 |
| and i will cast | 1 |
| and i will cast you out | 1 |
| and it cast down | 1 |
| and plucked | 1 |
| and shall cast off | 1 |
| and she cast | 1 |
| and they cast | 1 |
| and they shall cast | 1 |
| and thou wilt cast | 1 |
| as i have cast out | 1 |
| before her and ye shall cast | 1 |
| but thou art cast out | 1 |
| by him and cast | 1 |
| cast me not away | 1 |
| cast me not off | 1 |
| for they cast down | 1 |
| for thou hadst cast | 1 |
| for thou hast cast | 1 |
| for you and adventured | 1 |
| forth | 1 |
| from thence and cast | 1 |
| had cast | 1 |
| had cast away | 1 |
| he casteth forth | 1 |
| him but he cast him down | 1 |
| i unto them cast ye away | 1 |
| i was cast | 1 |
| i will cast | 1 |
| me and cast | 1 |
| me then i cast | 1 |
| of land cast | 1 |
| or have cast | 1 |
| or hurl | 1 |
| shall be thrown | 1 |
| shall cast him down | 1 |
| she was cast down | 1 |
| that he cast away | 1 |
| them neither cast | 1 |
| therefore i cast forth | 1 |
| therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast | 1 |
| they shall cast | 1 |
| thou threwest | 1 |
| till he had cast them out | 1 |
| to it and cast | 1 |
| to me that i may here cast | 1 |
| until he had cast | 1 |
| until he had cast them out | 1 |
| unto me cast | 1 |
| upon thee but thou wast cast out | 1 |
| was cast | 1 |
| was cast down | 1 |
| when he had cast | 1 |
| wherefore are they cast out | 1 |
| whom they have cast | 1 |
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When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
Read word by word“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
Read word by word“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
Read word by wordand they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
Read word by wordThen Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
Read word by word“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
Read word by word“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”
Read word by wordSo Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
Read word by wordEach one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.
Read word by wordAnd Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
Read word by wordYou are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.30
As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain.
Read word by wordSo I said to them, ‘Whoever has gold, let him take it off,’ and they gave it to me. And when I threw it into the fire, out came this calf!”
Read word by wordAnd he is to remove the crop with its contents and throw it to the east side of the altar, in the place for ashes.
Read word by wordhe must order that the contaminated stones be pulled out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.
Read word by wordThe priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.
Read word by wordLikewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
Read word by wordBut if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
Read word by wordSo I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes.
Read word by wordAnd I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
Read word by wordThe LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.27
He hung the king of Ai on a tree until evening, and at sunset Joshua commanded that they take down the body from the tree and throw it down at the entrance of the city gate. And over it they raised a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.
Read word by wordAs they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
Read word by wordAt sunset Joshua ordered that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave in which they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.
Read word by wordAs the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
Read word by wordAnd Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.
Read word by word“We will give them gladly,” they replied. So they spread out a garment, and each man threw an earring from his plunder onto it.
Read word by wordfor my father fought for you and risked his life to deliver you from the hand of Midian,
Read word by wordBut a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
Read word by wordAnd when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
Read word by wordWho struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
Read word by wordThey took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.
Read word by wordBut Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
Read word by wordThat is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
Read word by wordThen the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
Read word by wordAs he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.
Read word by wordAnd there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.
Read word by wordand he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
Read word by wordYou have done more evil than all who came before you. You have proceeded to make for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me, and you have flung Me behind your back.
Read word by wordSo Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
Read word by word“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
Read word by wordand Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
Read word by wordThey destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
Read word by wordThen Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Read word by word“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.
Read word by wordAnd they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
Read word by wordAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
Read word by word‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
Read word by wordWhen he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
Read word by wordOnce, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
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