Strong's Lexicon
saqal: To stone, to pelt with stones
Original Word:סָקַל
Part of Speech:Verb
Transliteration:caqal
Pronunciation:sah-KAHL
Phonetic Spelling:(saw-kal')
Definition:To stone, to pelt with stones
Meaning:to be weighty
Word Origin:A primitive root
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: -G3036 (lithoboleo): To stone, to pelt with stones
-G3037 (lithos): Stone
Usage:The Hebrew verb "saqal" primarily means to stone or to pelt with stones. It is often used in the context of executing judgment or punishment, particularly in the form of capital punishment for certain transgressions as prescribed in the Mosaic Law. The act of stoning was a communal activity, involving the participation of the community in carrying out the sentence.
Cultural and Historical Background:In ancient Israel, stoning was a method of execution used for various offenses, including blasphemy, idolatry, and certain sexual sins. It was a means of purging evil from the community and upholding the holiness of God's people. The communal aspect of stoning underscored the collective responsibility of the community to maintain the covenantal standards set by God. The process was intended to serve as a deterrent to sin and a reminder of the seriousness of violating God's commandments.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origina prim. root
Definitionto stone, put to death by stoning
NASB Translationcast (1), remove (1), removed stones (1), stone (7), stoned (6), stoning (1), surely be stoned (2), threw (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[] , also (
) (appears like denominative, but noun unknown; Late Hebrewexecution by stoning); —
Perfect2masculine singular suffix consecutiveDeuteronomy 13:11; 3masculine plural suffix consecutiveExodus 17:4; 2masculine plural consecutiveDeuteronomy 22:24, etc.;Imperfect3masculine pluralJoshua 7:25, suffix1 Kings 21:13, etc.;Imperative masculine plural suffix1 Kings 21:10;Infinitive absoluteExodus 19:13;Exodus 21:28;construct suffix1 Samuel 30:6; —pelt with stones, stone to death (as penalty) with accusative of person or animal.,Exodus 8:22;Exodus 17:4 (both J E)1 Samuel 30:6;1 Kings 21:10, absoluteExodus 19:3;Exodus 21:28 (JE); with accusative of person + instrumentalDeuteronomy 13:11;Deuteronomy 17:5;Deuteronomy 22:21,24;Joshua 7:25;1 Kings 21:13.
Imperfect3masculine singularbe stoned to deathEzekiel 19:13;Ezekiel 21:28;Ezekiel 21:29;Ezekiel 21:32 (JE).
Imperfect3masculine singular2 Samuel 16:6,13, suffixIsaiah 5:2;Imperative masculine pluralIsaiah 62:10; —
stone, pelt with stones, with accusative of person +2 Samuel 16:6, accusative omitted2 Samuel 16:13 ("" ).
free vineyard (accusative)from stones (Ges§ 52h)Isaiah 5:2; so also2 Samuel 4:6, reading participle feminine lo, the portresswas cleansing what from stones (for ), so We Dr Bu Kit Löhr HPS, after ; (> reading however mostly ,
Participle);Isaiah 62:10free (highway)from stones.
Perfectbe stoned to death1 Kings 21:14,15. — Not in HP; these and other writings (except above) use synonym , compare BrHexateuch 73.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cast, gather out, throw stones, surely
A primitive root; properly, to be weighty; but used only in the sense of lapidation or its contrary (as if a delapidation) -- (cast, gather out, throw) stone(-s), X surely.
Forms and Transliterations
וְסִקְלֻ֖הוּ וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ וַיְסַקֵּ֤ל וַיִּסְקְל֥וּ וַיִּסְקְלֻ֥הוּ וּסְקַלְתֶּ֨ם וּסְקַלְתָּ֥ם וּסְקַלְתּ֥וֹ וּסְקָלֻֽנִי׃ וּסְקָלוּהָ֩ ויסקל ויסקלהו ויסקלו וסקלהו וסקלוה וסקלני׃ וסקלתו וסקלתם יִסְקְלֻֽנוּ׃ יִסָּקֵ֔ל יִסָּקֵ֜ל יִסָּקֵֽל׃ יִסָּקֵל֙ יסקל יסקל׃ יסקלנו׃ לְסָקְל֔וֹ לסקלו סַקְּל֣וּ סָק֤וֹל סָק֨וֹל סֻקַּ֥ל סקול סקל סקלו lə·sā·qə·lōw lesakeLo ləsāqəlōw sā·qō·wl sakkeLu saKol saq·qə·lū sāqōwl saqqəlū sukKal suq·qal suqqal ū·sə·qā·lū·hā ū·sə·qā·lu·nî ū·sə·qal·tām ū·sə·qal·tem ū·sə·qal·tōw usekalTam usekalTem usekalTo usekaluHa usekaLuni ūsəqaltām ūsəqaltem ūsəqaltōw ūsəqālūhā ūsəqālunî vaiyiskeLu vaiyiskeLuhu vaysakKel vaysakkeLehu vesikLuhu way·saq·qə·lê·hū way·saq·qêl way·yis·qə·lū way·yis·qə·lu·hū waysaqqêl waysaqqəlêhū wayyisqəlū wayyisqəluhū wə·siq·lu·hū wəsiqluhū yis·qə·lu·nū yis·sā·qêl yiskeLunu yisqəlunū yissaKel yissāqêl
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