שִׁלּוּחַ
shiluach · sending away; parting gift
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7964 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shiluach (שִׁלּוּחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “sending away; parting gift”.
Sending away, dismissal: sending someone back. Also a gift given at a parting.
How to say it
shi·lu·ach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Returning someone to their home.
- A farewell present; what a father gave his daughter at her marriage.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- as a dowry ×1
- he had sent her back ×1
- parting gifts ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 18:2
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- 1 Kings 9:16
Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed the Canaanite who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, the wife of Solomon.
- Micah 1:14
Therefore you will give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib will be a deception to the kings of Israel.