Words the Bible translates as throw
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 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
- zaraqזָרַקto throw a substance so it scatters as it lands: to dash liquid against something, or fling dust, ashes, or seed through the air
- tulטוּלto hurl or fling with force: to send something or someone flying, not merely to toss it or set it down.
- ramahרָמָהto send something flying with force: to hurl a body, or to shoot arrows from a bow
+1 more meaning
- to fool someone who trusted you: to break faith by trickery
- remahרְמָאto throw something into a place with force, and so also to put a thing in position or lay a payment on someone
- apharעָפַרto thrownot studied yet
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