Lexical Definition

‎שַׁכּוּל‎ shakkûwl (shak-kool') childless ^H:A
or שַׁכֻּל shakkul (shak-kool'); from ‎שָׁכֹל‎

barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).

• bereaved

1) childless (through bereavement)
2) bereaved, robbed of offspring

See Greek: ἀπορέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁבוּל‎] adjective childless (through bereavement); — feminine singular ‎שְׁכוּלָה‎ Isa 49:21 (figurative of Zion); — on form see Ba^{NB 47}.

‎שַׁכּוּל‎ adjective bereaved, robbed of offspring (Ba^{§ 37 c}); — especially‎׳‎‎דֹּב שׁ‎ 2Sam 17:8; Hos 13:8; Prov 17:12 (simile of fierceness); ‎נְשֵׁיהֶם שַׁכֻּלוֺת‎ Jer 18:21 ‎שַׁכֻּלָה‎ ‎אֵין בָּהֶם‎ Song 4:2 (of flock, in simile) = Song 6:6.

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