Words the Bible translates as cast
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ballōβάλλωto send something to a place by throwing it or by setting it down: cast, throw, or put
- shalakhשָׁלַךְto throw, cast, or fling something or someone with a decisive, often forceful action
- rhiptōῥίπτωto let something go from your hands in one quick, decisive motion: to fling, cast, or set it down
- epiballōἐπιβάλλωto throw or lay something onto something; to lay hands on a person, that is, to seize or arrest
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- (without an object) to come upon or fall to: of waves, to beat over something; of a share, to fall to someone as their due
- yatsaqיָצַקto cast metal: to pour molten metal into a mold to form an object
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- to pour out a flowing substance, such as oil, water, or blood, onto or into something
- to set down firmly, or to be firm, hard, and immovable
- nasakhנָסַךְto pour out a liquid, above all as a drink offering poured out to a god; and, by the same picture, to pour molten metal into a mold to cast an image.
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- to install or set someone in an appointed place of authority, as God enthrones his chosen king.
- tulטוּלto hurl or fling with force: to send something or someone flying, not merely to toss it or set it down.
- remahרְמָאto throw something into a place with force, and so also to put a thing in position or lay a payment on someone
- magarמָגַרto castnot studied yet
- amphiballōἀμφιβάλλωto castnot studied yet
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