# שֶׁלַח (shelach)

Israeli respelling: she-lach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7973. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

a missile of attack, i.e. spear; also (figuratively) a shoot of growth; i.e. branch

King James renderings: dart, plant, [idiom] put off, sword, weapon.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shelach-h7973

## Occurrences

- [2 Chronicles 23:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/23/10) — And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along…
- [2 Chronicles 32:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/5) — Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repa…
- [Nehemiah 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/17) — They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and…
- [Nehemiah 4:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/4/23) — So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that eve…
- [Job 33:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/18) — He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
- [Job 36:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/36/12) — But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
- [Song of Solomon 4:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/4/13) — Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
- [Joel 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joel/2/8) — Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.