1) childless (through bereavement) 2) bereaved, robbed of offspring
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H7909 — שַׁכּוּל
shak.kul · childless · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
2 Samuel 17:8 · שַׁכּ֖וּלHe continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.Proverbs 17:12 · שַׁכּ֣וּלIt is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.Song of Solomon 4:2 · וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖הYour teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.Song of Solomon 6:6 · וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖הYour teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.Isaiah 49:21 · שְׁכוּלָ֖הThen you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”Jeremiah 18:21 · שַׁכֻּלוֹת֙Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.Hosea 13:8 · שַׁכּ֔וּלLike a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.