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Lexicon :: Strong's H2491 - ḥālāl

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חָלָל
Transliteration
ḥālāl
Pronunciation
khaw-lawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 660a

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָל châlâl, khaw-lawl'; from H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted:—kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H2491 in the following manner: slay (78x), wounded (10x), profane (3x), kill (2x), slain man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H2491 in the following manner: slay (78x), wounded (10x), profane (3x), kill (2x), slain man (1x).
masculine noun

  1. slain, fatally wounded, pierced

    1. pierced, fatally wounded

    2. slain

      adjective

  2. (CLBL) profaned

    1. defiled, profaned (by divorce)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָל châlâl, khaw-lawl'; from H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted:—kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.
STRONGS H2491: Abbreviations
† I. חָלָל 90 noun masculine pierced, ח׳ absolute Deuteronomy 21:1 + 25 times; construct חֲלַל Numbers 19:16; plural חֲלָלִים Numbers 23:24 + 28 times; construct חַלְלֵי Isaiah 22:2 + 21 times; suffix חֲלָלֶיךָ Psalm 69:27, etc. + 11 times suffixes; —
1. pierced, fatally wounded Psalm 69:27; Jeremiah 51:52; Ezekiel 26:15; Ezekiel 30:24; Lamentations 2:12. Elsewhere
2. slain Numbers 19:18; Numbers 31:8, 19 (P), etc.; singular collective 2 Samuel 23:8, 18 = 1 Chronicles 11:11, 20; Ezekiel 6:7; Ezekiel 30:11, etc., but usually plural 1 Samuel 17:52 (RV wounded) Jeremiah 51:49, etc.; † חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Isaiah 22:2; Jeremiah 14:18; Ezekiel 31:17, 18; Ezekiel 32:20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; Zephaniah 2:12; Lamentations 4:9; חַלְלֵי רעב Lamentations 4:9; חַלְלֵי יהוה Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 25:33.

† II. חָלָל adjective profaned; — חָלָל רָשָׁע (read construct חֲלַל SS) profaned, dishonoured wicked one Ezekiel 21:30 (so AV Thes MV SS Co Or; but RV H" deadly wounded, Ew Sm fallen, slain); plural construct חַלְלֵי רְשָׁעִים Ezekiel 21:34; feminine singular חֲלָלָה of woman sexually dishonoured Leviticus 21:7, 14 (H; || זָנָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

21:7; 21:14

Numbers

19:16; 19:18; 23:24; 31:8; 31:19

Deuteronomy

21:1

1 Samuel

17:52

2 Samuel

23:8; 23:18

1 Chronicles

11:11; 11:20

Psalms

69:27; 69:27

Isaiah

22:2; 22:2; 66:16

Jeremiah

14:18; 25:33; 51:49; 51:52

Lamentations

2:12; 4:9; 4:9

Ezekiel

6:7; 21:30; 26:15; 30:11; 30:24; 31:17; 31:18; 32:20; 32:21; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:31; 32:32

Zephaniah

2:12

H2491

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2491 matches the Hebrew חָלָל (ḥālāl),
which occurs 94 times in 85 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 34:27–Jer 51:49)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:27 - And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:7 - They shall not marry a harlot or a woman who has been defiled; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband; for the priest is holy to his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:14 - A widow, or one divorced, or a woman who has been defiled, or a harlot, these he shall not marry; but he shall take to wife a virgin of his own people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - then a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the furnishings, and upon the persons who were there, and upon him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:24 - Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down till it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - They slew the kings of Mid'ian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Mid'ian; and they also slew Balaam the son of Be'or with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:19 - Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:1 - "If in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, any one is found slain, lying in the open country, and it is not known who killed him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure the distance to the cities which are around him that is slain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:3 - and the elders of the city which is nearest to the slain man shall take a heifer which has never been worked and which has not pulled in the yoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:6 - And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh--with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel; you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:22 - Balaam also, the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, the people of Israel killed with the sword among the rest of their slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abim'elech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded, up to the entrance of the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:24 - And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:31 - And the Benjaminites went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and as at other times they began to smite and kill some of the people, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gib'e-ah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:39 - the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from Sha-ara'im as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilbo'a.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:8 - On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:19 - "Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places! How are the mighty fallen!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:25 - "How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! "Jonathan lies slain upon thy high places.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:8 - These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshe'beth a Tah-che'monite; he was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he slew at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Now Abi'shai, the brother of Jo'ab, the son of Zeru'iah, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:15 - For when David was in Edom, and Jo'ab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he slew every male in Edom

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:22 - For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1 - Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilbo'a.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:8 - On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - This is an account of David's mighty men: Jasho'be-am, a Hach'monite, was chief of the three; he wielded his spear against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Now Abi'shai, the brother of Jo'ab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abi'jah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:30 - His young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:26 - For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten, and him whom thou hast wounded, they afflict still more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - like one forsaken among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, like those whom thou dost remember no more, for they are cut off from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:10 - Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:26 - for many a victim has she laid low; yea, all her slain are a mighty host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - you who are full of shoutings, tumultuous city, exultant town? Your slain are not slain with the sword or dead in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:3 - Their slain shall be cast out, and the stench of their corpses shall rise; the mountains shall flow with their blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 - For by fire will the LORD execute judgment, and by his sword, upon all flesh; and those slain by the LORD shall be many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 - O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go out into the field, behold, those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land, and have no knowledge.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33 - "And those slain by the LORD on that day shall extend from one end of the earth to the other. They shall not be lamented, or gathered, or buried; they shall be dung on the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern into which Ish'mael cast all the bodies of the men whom he had slain was the large cistern which King Asa had made for defense against Ba'asha king of Israel; Ish'mael the son of Nethani'ah filled it with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 - They shall fall down slain in the land of the Chalde'ans, and wounded in her streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:47 - "Therefore, behold, the days are coming when I will punish the images of Babylon; her whole land shall be put to shame, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:49 - Babylon must fall for the slain of Israel, as for Babylon have fallen the slain of all the earth.

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