Chalal חָלַל

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Chalal
חָלַל
Transliterationchalal
Strong's numberH2490 (H2490H, H2490C, H2490A, H2490I, H2490B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto profane/begin: profane
Occurrences143 in 133 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (31)

Chalal (Hebrew חָלַל, Strong's H2490) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to profane/begin: profane”. It occurs 143 times in 133 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2490H: to profane/begin: profane

: profane
1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1a1a) ritually
1a1b) sexually
1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
1b3) to violate (a covenant)
1b4) to treat as common
1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun

H2490C: to profane/begin: begin

: begin
1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1a1a) ritually
1a1b) sexually
1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
1b3) to violate (a covenant)
1b4) to treat as common
1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun

H2490A: to bore

1) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
1a) (Qal) to pierce
1b) (Pual) to be slain
1c) (Poel) to wound, pierce
1d) (Poal) to be wounded

H2490I: to profane/begin: fruit

: fruit
1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1a) (Niphal)
1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
1a1a) ritually
1a1b) sexually
1a2) to be polluted, be defiled
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute
1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour
1b3) to violate (a covenant)
1b4) to treat as common
1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God)
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let be profaned
1d2) to begin
1e) (Hophal) to be begun

H2490B: to play flute

(Piel) to play the flute or pipe

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbegan (33), profane (18), profaned (15), polluted (13), begin (12), pollute (8), begun (6), defiled (5), break (3), wounded (3), profaning (2), polluting (2), and 20 other renderings
BSBbegan (17), profane (11), profaned (6), defile (5), they began (5), be profaned (4), begin (3), profaning (3), you have profaned (3), beginning (2), desecrate (2), has begun (2), and 67 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Chalal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Ezra

Nehemiah

Esther

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Daniel

Hosea

Amos

Jonah

Zephaniah

Malachi

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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