Irreverence
שַׁלStrong’s H7944shal
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shal is the Hebrew word usually translated “presumption”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
Meaning
- Error, faultmeaning uncertain
How it's translated
- the presumption 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שַׁל shal · irreverence
1) error, fault 1a) meaning uncertain
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “irreverence” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IRREV'ERENCE, noun
[Latin irreverentia; in and reverentia. See Reverence.]
- Want of reverence, or want of veneration; want of due regard to the authority and character of the Supreme Being. irreverence toward God is analogous to disrespect toward man.
- The state of being disregarded; applied to men.
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.