Chalaph חָלַף
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| חָלַף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | chalaph |
| Strong's number | H2498 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to pass |
| Occurrences | 28 in 27 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (7) |
Chalaph (Hebrew חָלַף, Strong's H2498) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to pass”. It occurs 28 times in 27 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pass on quickly
1a2) to pass away (vanish)
1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)
1a4) to pass through
1a5) to overstep, transgress
1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change
1c) (Hiph)
1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
1c2) to show newness (of tree)
Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to pass on quickly
1a2) to pass away (vanish)
1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)
1a4) to pass through
1a5) to overstep, transgress
1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change
1c) (Hiph)
1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
1c2) to show newness (of tree)
Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | changed (6), change (4), through (2), up (2), pass (2), renew (2), alter (1), passed (1), away (1), off (1), again (1), renewed (1), and 2 other renderings |
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| BSB | changed (3), they sweep (2), you have changed (1), change (1), replace it (1), pierced (1), you will go (1), glided (1), were he to move (1), he comes along (1), it will sprout (1), will pierce him (1), and 12 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Chalaph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 31:7And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Genesis 31:41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
- Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
- Genesis 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 27:10He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
Judges
- Judges 5:26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 10:3Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 12:20Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
Job
- Job 4:15Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
- Job 9:11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
- Job 9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
- Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
- Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
- Job 29:20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Psalms
- Psalm 90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalm 90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
- Psalm 102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 2:11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 2:18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.and the idols will vanish completely.
- Isaiah 8:8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
- Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.“The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
- Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
- Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
- Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:11Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.Then they sweep by like the wind and pass on through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).