Definition
a primitive root; to drop or strip; by implication, to plunder
Traditional renderings: let fall, make self a prey, × of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
Traditional renderings: let fall, make self a prey, × of purpose, (make a, (take)) spoil.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלַל:
- ταράσσωtarassō“to trouble”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
16 total
- Ruth 2:16שֹׁל־ · pull out; תָּשֹׁ֥לּוּRather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
- Psalm 76:5אֶשְׁתּוֹלְל֨וּ׀ · lie plunderedThe valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
- Isaiah 10:6לִשְׁלֹ֤ל · to takeI will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Isaiah 59:15מִשְׁתּוֹלֵ֑ל · becomes preyTruth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.
- Jeremiah 50:10שֹׁלְלֶ֥יהָ · who plunder herChaldea will be plundered; all who plunder her will have their fill,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 26:12וְשָׁלְל֣וּ · They will plunderThey will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
- Ezekiel 29:19וְשָׁלַ֤ל · seizeTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.
- Ezekiel 38:12לִשְׁלֹ֥ל · in order to seize…in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’
- Ezekiel 38:13הֲלִשְׁלֹ֤ל · to capture; לִשְׁלֹ֖ל · to seizeSheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’
- Ezekiel 39:10וְשָׁלְל֣וּ · They will loot; שֹׁלְלֵיהֶ֗ם · those who looted themThey will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.
- Habakkuk 2:8שַׁלּ֙וֹתָ֙ · have plundered; יְשָׁלּ֖וּךָ · will plunder youBecause you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you—because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
- Zechariah 2:8הַשֹּׁלְלִ֣ים · that have plundered youFor this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—