H2490 · חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal' · begin, profane, pollute
H2490 (châlal, pronounced khaw-lal') is the Hebrew word חָלַל in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve. It appears 142 times in 132 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חָלַל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- châlal
- Pronunciation
- khaw-lal'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))
- Definition
- properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
- Rendered in the KJV
- begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
142 occurrences in 132 verses (138 with English words of their own, 4 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “began” ×13
- “profane” ×8
- “and profaned” ×4
- “defile” ×4
- “be profaned” ×3
- “I will begin” ×2
- “They began” ×2
- “enjoy its fruit” ×2
By book
Genesis 8 · Exodus 2 · Leviticus 15 · Numbers 5 · Deuteronomy 7 · Joshua 1 · Judges 8 · 1 Samuel 4 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Kings 2 · 1 Chronicles 3 · 2 Chronicles 9 · Ezra 2 · Nehemiah 3 · Esther 2 · Job 1 · Psalms 6 · Proverbs 1 · Isaiah 8 · Jeremiah 4 · Lamentations 1 · Ezekiel 31 · Daniel 1 · Hosea 1 · Amos 1 · Jonah 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Malachi 3
First 30 of 132 verses
- Genesis 4:26
- Genesis 6:1
- Genesis 9:20
- Genesis 10:8
- Genesis 11:6
- Genesis 41:54
- Genesis 44:12
- Genesis 49:4
- Exodus 20:25
- Exodus 31:14
- Leviticus 18:21
- Leviticus 19:8
- Leviticus 19:12
- Leviticus 19:29
- Leviticus 20:3
- Leviticus 21:4
- Leviticus 21:6
- Leviticus 21:9
- Leviticus 21:12
- Leviticus 21:15
- Leviticus 21:23
- Leviticus 22:2
- Leviticus 22:9
- Leviticus 22:15
- Leviticus 22:32
- Numbers 16:46
- Numbers 16:47
- Numbers 18:32
- Numbers 25:1
- Numbers 30:2
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2490.