To send
שְׁלַחStrong’s H7972shelach (she-lach)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shelach is the Aramaic word usually translated “sent”, “we have sent” and “let him send”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”
Meaning
- To send(P'al)
How it's translated
- he sent 4
- they sent 2
- we have sent 1
- you sent 1
- let him send 1
- he will stretch out 1
- he had sent 1
- sent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 10
- Daniel 4
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 3:28In contextThen Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
- Daniel 5:24In contextThen was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
- Daniel 6:22In contextMy God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
- Ezra 4:11This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
- Ezra 4:14Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁלַח shelach · to send
1) to send 1a) (P'al) 1a1) to send, send out 1a2) to be sent
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “send” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SEND, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive sent.
- In adjective general sense, to throw, cast or thrust; to impel or drive by force to a distance, either with the hand or with an instrument or by other means.
- To cause to be conveyed or transmitted; as, to send letters or dispatches from one country to another.
- To cause to go or pass from place to place; as, to send a messenger from London to Madrid.
- To commission, autorize or direct to go and act.“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran” Jeremiah 23:21
All definitions and other forms of “send”
- To cause to come or fall; to bestow.“He sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” Matthew 5:45
- To cause to come or fall; to inflict.
- To propagate; to diffuse.
- To emit; as flowers send forth their fragrance.
SEND, verb intransitive
To dispatch an agent or messenger for some purpose.
- “See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?” 2 Kings 6:32
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.