Chalats חָלַץ

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Chalats
חָלַץ
Transliterationchalats
Strong's numberH2502 (H2502A, H2502B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto rescue
Occurrences44 in 44 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (12)

Chalats (Hebrew חָלַץ, Strong's H2502) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to rescue”. It occurs 44 times in 44 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H2502A: to rescue

1) to draw off or out, withdraw
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to draw, draw off
1a2) to withdraw
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be delivered
1b2) to be saved
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to pull out, tear out
1c2) to rescue, deliver, set free
1c3) to take away, plunder

H2502B: to arm

1) to equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued
1a) (Qal) equipped (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be equipped
1b2) to go equipped
1b3) to be armed
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make strong, brace up
1c2) to invigorate

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

Translated as

KJVarmed (13), delivered (8), deliver (5), prepared (2), men (2), delivereth (2), out (2), take (1), taken (1), arm (1), loose (1), loosed (1), and 5 other renderings
BSBarmed (5), armed troops (3), he rescued me (2), may be delivered (2), rescue me (2), be pulled out (1), have been torn out (1), arm (1), will arm ourselves (1), you will arm yourselves (1), your armed men (1), are equipped (1), and 21 other renderings

Verses

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

Leviticus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Lamentations

Hosea

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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