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To neglect

שָׁלָהStrong’s H7952

shalah (sha-lah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Shalah is the Hebrew word usually translated “must deceive” and “negligent”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?”
2 Kings 4:28 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Niphal) to be negligent
  2. (Hiphil) to mislead
How it's translated
  • you must deceive 1
  • you be negligent 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

שָׁלָה shalah · to neglect

1) (Niphal) to be negligent 2) (Hiphil) to mislead Aramaic equivalent: sha.lah (שָׁלָה "error" H7955)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

NEGLECT, verb transitive

[G. To let, to leave, to suffer to pass. The sense of the latter words then is to leave behind, or permit to remain; I suspect the Latin To be composed of the same prefix, as n is not radical in the latter. But of this I am not confident.]

  1. To omit by carelessness or design; to forbear to do, use, employ, promote or attend to; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay honest debts; to neglect our interest or policy; to neglect the means in our power.
  2. To omit to receive or embrace; to slight.“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” Hebrews 2:3
  3. To slight; not to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect.
  4. To postpone. [Not in use.]
All definitions and other forms of “neglect”

    NEGLECT, noun

    1. Omission; forbearance to do any thing that can be done or that requires to be done. neglect may be from carelessness or intention.
    2. Slight; omission of attention or civilities. neglect of due notice and attention to strangers is characteristic of ill breeding.
    3. Negligence; habitual want of regard.
    4. State of being disregarded.

    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.