Chalal חָלָל

Chalal (Hebrew חָלָל, Strong's H2491) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “slain: killed”. It occurs 94 times in 85 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2491A: slain: killed

H2491H: slain: wounded

H2491B: profaned

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

Translated as

Verses

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

Genesis

• Genesis 34:27
  The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 21:7
  They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
• Leviticus 21:14
  A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Numbers

• Numbers 19:16
  And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.
• Numbers 19:18
  And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.
• Numbers 23:24
  Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
• Numbers 31:8
  And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
• Numbers 31:19
  And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 21:1
  If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
• Deuteronomy 21:2
  Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
• Deuteronomy 21:3
  And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
• Deuteronomy 21:6
  And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,
• Deuteronomy 32:42
  I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

Joshua

• Joshua 11:6
  And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
• Joshua 13:22
  Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.The Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.

Judges

• Judges 9:40
  And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
• Judges 16:24
  And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.And when the people saw him, they praised their god, saying: “Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy who destroyed our land and multiplied our dead.”
• Judges 20:31
  And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began 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.The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
• Judges 20:39
  And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began 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.the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 17:52
  And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
• 1 Samuel 31:1
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Samuel 31:8
  And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 1:19
  The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!
• 2 Samuel 1:22
  From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
• 2 Samuel 1:25
  How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
• 2 Samuel 23:8
  These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
• 2 Samuel 23:18
  And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 11:15
  For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 5:22
  For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
• 1 Chronicles 10:1
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Chronicles 10:8
  And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
• 1 Chronicles 11:11
  And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.
• 1 Chronicles 11:20
  And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 13:17
  And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

Job

• Job 24:12
  Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
• Job 39:30
  Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.”

Psalms

• Psalm 69:26
  For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
• Psalm 88:5
  Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
• Psalm 89:10
  Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.You crushed Rahab like a carcass; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 7:26
  For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 22:2
  Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle.O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
• Isaiah 34:3
  Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
• Isaiah 66:16
  For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 9:1
  Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Jeremiah 14:18
  If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
• Jeremiah 25:33
  And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
• Jeremiah 41:9
  Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
• Jeremiah 51:4
  Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets.And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.
• Jeremiah 51:47
  Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her entire land will suffer shame, and all her slain will lie fallen within her.
• Jeremiah 51:49
  As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth.“Babylon must fall on account of the slain of Israel, just as the slain of all the earth have fallen because of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 51:52
  Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.“Therefore, behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish her idols, and throughout her land the wounded will groan.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 2:12
  They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
• Lamentations 4:9
  They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 6:4
  And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.Your altars will be demolished and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
• Ezekiel 6:7
  And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 6:13
  Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
• Ezekiel 9:7
  And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.Then He told them, “Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth!” So they went out and began killing throughout the city.
• Ezekiel 11:6
  Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.
• Ezekiel 11:7
  Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: The slain you have laid within this city are the meat, and the city is the pot; but I will remove you from it.
• Ezekiel 21:14
  Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
• Ezekiel 21:25
  And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
• Ezekiel 21:29
  Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you— to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.
• Ezekiel 26:15
  Thus saith the Lord God to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
• Ezekiel 28:8
  They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the seas.
• Ezekiel 28:23
  For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the Lord.I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 30:4
  And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
• Ezekiel 30:11
  He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain.
• Ezekiel 30:24
  And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
• Ezekiel 31:17
  They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations.
• Ezekiel 31:18
  To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
• Ezekiel 32:20
  They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes.They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
• Ezekiel 32:21
  The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
• Ezekiel 32:22
  Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
• Ezekiel 32:23
  Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
• Ezekiel 32:24
  There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
• Ezekiel 32:25
  They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain.Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
• Ezekiel 32:28
  Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
• Ezekiel 32:29
  There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
• Ezekiel 32:30
  There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
• Ezekiel 32:31
  Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord God.Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude— Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 32:32
  For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”
• Ezekiel 35:8
  And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

Daniel

• Daniel 11:26
  Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.

Nahum

• Nahum 3:3
  The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 2:12
  Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”

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).