Chalaph חָלַף

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Chalaph
חָלַף
Transliterationchalaph
Strong's numberH2498
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto pass
Occurrences28 in 27 verses
Most frequent inJob (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)

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

Translated as

KJVchanged (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
BSBchanged (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

Leviticus

Judges

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

Job

Psalms

Song of Solomon

Isaiah

Habakkuk

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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