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Bereavement

שִׁכֻּלִיםStrong’s H7923

shikkulim (shik-ku-lim)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Shikkulim is the Hebrew word usually translated “bereavement your”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.”
Isaiah 49:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Childlessness, bereavement
How it's translated
  • bereavement your 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

Related words
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    Hebrew dictionary

    שִׁכֻּלִים shikkulim · bereavement

    childlessness, bereavement

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “bereavement” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    BERE'AVEMENT, noun

    Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.