H7964 שִׁלּוּחַ (shillûwach) shil-loo'-akh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

parting gift

Strong's Definition

(only in plural) a dismissal, i.e. (of a wife) divorce (especially the document); also (of a daughter) dower

Derivation: or שִׁלֻּחַ; from H7971 (שָׁלַח);

KJV Usage: presents, have sent back.

TWOT Reference: 2394b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) sending away, parting gift

1a) sending away

1b) parting gift

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁלּוּחִים (shil.lu.ach) — parting gift. 1) sending away, parting gift 1a) sending away 1b) parting gift

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שִׁלּוּחִים (H7964)

noun m · שׁלח

Move

sending away = causative action by which humans force other humans to go away from a certain location and/or position

EXO 18:2

Non-Possess

parting gift literally: sending away; hence: = a gift presented on the occasion of someone’s departure

1KI 9:16 · MIC 1:14

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שִׁלּוּחִים n.[m.]pl. sending away, parting gift base

Bible Occurrences (3)

18:2

9:16

1:14

Exodus 18:2

After Moses had sent back his wife Zipporah, [his] father-in-law Jethro had received her,

1 Kings 9:16

Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

Micah 1:14

Therefore, send farewell gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib [will] prove deceptive to the kings of Israel.