Châlal — H2490

Definition

verb

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

1. to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1. (Niphal)
1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1. ritually
2. sexually
2. to be polluted, be defiled
2. (Piel)
1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute
2. to violate the honour of, dishonour
3. to violate (a covenant)
4. to treat as common
3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)
4. (Hiphil)
1. to let be profaned
2. to begin
5. (Hophal) to be begun
2. to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
1. (Qal) to pierce
2. (Pual) to be slain
3. (Poel) to wound, pierce
4. (Poal) to be wounded
3. (Piel) to play the flute or pipe

Usually translated as

profane, begin, pollute, break, defile, eat, first, take inheritance, player on instruments, prostitute, slain, sorrow, stain, gather the grape thereof, pipe, slay, wound

Origin

a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485)

• Châlâh (H2470)
• Châlîyl (H2485)

Greek equivalents

• anabaínō (G305)
• árchō (G757)
• bebēlóō (G953)
• elpízō (G1679)
• enárchomai (G1728)
• érchomai (G2064)
• thanatóō (G2289)
• thnḗskō (G2348)
• kopiáō (G2872)
• miaínō (G3392)
• nekrós (G3498)
• paralýō (G3886)
• strṓnnymi (G4766)
• tarássō (G5015)
• traûma (G5134)
• traumatízō (G5135)
• trygáō (G5166)

Occurrences

Châlal occurs 142 times in 132 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (2), Leviticus (15), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (7), Joshua (1), Judges (8), 1 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (9), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (3), Esther (2), Job (1), Psalms (7), Isaiah (8), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (31), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Jonah (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (3)

• Genesis 4:26 — And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began (הוּחַ֔ל) men to call upon the name of the LORD.
• Genesis 6:1 — And it came to pass, when men began (הֵחֵ֣ל) to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
• Genesis 9:20 — And Noah began (וַיָּ֥חֶל) to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
• Genesis 10:8 — And Cush begat Nimrod: he began (הֵחֵ֔ל) to be a mighty one in the earth.
• Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin (הַחִלָּ֣ם) to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
• Genesis 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth began (וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָה) to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
• Genesis 44:12 — And he searched, and began (הֵחֵ֔ל) at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
• Genesis 49:4 — Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst (חִלַּ֖לְתָּ) thou it: he went up to my couch.
• Exodus 20:25 — And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted (וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ) it.
• Exodus 31:14 — Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth (מְחַֽלְלֶ֙יהָ֙) it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• Leviticus 18:21 — And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane (תְחַלֵּ֛ל) the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 19:8 — Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned (חִלֵּ֑ל) the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
• Leviticus 19:12 — And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane (וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛) the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 19:29 — Do not prostitute (תְּחַלֵּ֥ל) thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
• Leviticus 20:3 — And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane (וּלְחַלֵּ֖ל) my holy name.
• Leviticus 21:4 — But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself (לְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ).
• Leviticus 21:6 — They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane (יְחַלְּל֔וּ) the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
• Leviticus 21:9 — And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself (תֵחֵ֖ל) by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
• Leviticus 21:9 — And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth (מְחַלֶּ֔לֶת) her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
• Leviticus 21:12 — Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane (יְחַלֵּ֔ל) the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 21:15 — Neither shall he profane (יְחַלֵּ֥ל) his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
• Leviticus 21:23 — Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane (יְחַלֵּל֙) not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
• Leviticus 22:2 — Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane (יְחַלְּל֖וּ) not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 22:9 — They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane (יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּ) it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
• Leviticus 22:15 — And they shall not profane (יְחַלְּל֔וּ) the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
• Leviticus 22:32 — Neither shall ye profane (תְחַלְּלוּ֙) my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
• Numbers 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun (הֵחֵ֥ל).
• Numbers 16:47 — And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun (הֵחֵ֥ל) among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
• Numbers 18:32 — And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute (תְחַלְּל֖וּ) the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
• Numbers 25:1 — And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began (וַיָּ֣חֶל) to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
• Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break (יַחֵ֖ל) his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
• Deuteronomy 2:24 — Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin (הָחֵ֣ל) to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
• Deuteronomy 2:25 — This day will I begin (אָחֵל֙) to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
• Deuteronomy 2:31 — And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun (הַֽחִלֹּ֙תִי֙) to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
• Deuteronomy 2:31 — And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin (הָחֵ֣ל) to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
• Deuteronomy 3:24 — O Lord GOD, thou hast begun (הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙) to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
• Deuteronomy 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin (מֵהָחֵ֤ל) to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
• Deuteronomy 16:9 — Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest (תָּחֵ֣ל) to put the sickle to the corn.
• Deuteronomy 20:6 — And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten (חִלְּל֔וֹ) of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
• Deuteronomy 20:6 — And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat (יְחַלְּלֶֽנּוּ) of it.
• Deuteronomy 28:30 — Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes (תְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ) thereof.
• Joshua 3:7 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin (אָחֵל֙) to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
• Judges 10:18 — And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin (יָחֵ֔ל) to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
• Judges 13:5 — For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin (יָחֵ֛ל) to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
• Judges 13:25 — And the Spirit of the LORD began (וַתָּ֙חֶל֙) to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
• Judges 16:19 — And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began (וַתָּ֙חֶל֙) to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
• Judges 16:22 — Howbeit the hair of his head began (וַיָּ֧חֶל) to grow again after he was shaven.
• Judges 20:31 — And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began (וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ) to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
• Judges 20:39 — And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began (הֵחֵל֩) to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
• Judges 20:40 — But when the flame began (הֵחֵ֛לָּה) to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.