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Lexicon :: Strong's H2470 - ḥālâ

Aa
חָלָה
Transliteration
ḥālâ
Pronunciation
khaw-law'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 655

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָה châlâh, khaw-law'; a primitive root (compare H2342, H2470, H2490); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat:—beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's H2470 in the following manner: ...sick (34x), beseech (6x), be weak (4x), grievous (4x), be diseased (3x), wounded (3x), pray (3x), intreat (3x), grief (2x), grieved (2x), sore (2x), pain (1x), infirmity (1x), intreated (1x), laid (1x), prayer (1x), sorry (1x), make suit (1x), supplication (1x), travail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's H2470 in the following manner: ...sick (34x), beseech (6x), be weak (4x), grievous (4x), be diseased (3x), wounded (3x), pray (3x), intreat (3x), grief (2x), grieved (2x), sore (2x), pain (1x), infirmity (1x), intreated (1x), laid (1x), prayer (1x), sorry (1x), make suit (1x), supplication (1x), travail (1x).

  1. to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry

    1. (Qal) to be weak, be sick

    2. (Piel)

      1. to be or become weak, feel weak

      2. to become sick, become ill

      3. (CLBL) to entreat, pray, beg

    3. (Niphal)

      1. to make oneself sick

      2. to be made sick

      3. to be tired

    4. (Pual) to be made weak, become weak

    5. (Hithpael) to make oneself sick

    6. (Hiphil)

      1. to make sore

      2. to make sick

      3. to show signs of sickness, become sick

      4. to grieve

    7. (Hophal)

      1. to be made sick

      2. to be wounded

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָה châlâh, khaw-law'; a primitive root (compare H2342, H2470, H2490); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat:—beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, × pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (× supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
STRONGS H2470: Abbreviations
† I. חָלָה verb be weak, sick (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חֲלָא suffer (rare); Assyrian ḫalû, sickness, grief, DlPr 181) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ 1 Kings 14:1 + 8 times; 2nd person feminine singular חָלִית Isaiah 57:10; 1st person singular חָלִיתִי 1 Samuel 30:13 + 2 times; וְחָלִי֫תִי consecutive Judges 16:7, Judges 16:11, Judges 16:17, חָלוּ֫ Jeremiah 5:3 (so read, see below); Imperfect וַיָּ֫חַל 2 Kings 1:2; Infinitive suffix חֲלֹתוֺ Isaiah 38:9; חֲלוֺתִי Psalm 77:11 compare below Pi.; חֲלוֺתָם Psalm 35:13; Participle חֹלֶה Genesis 48:1 + 6 times + 1 Samuel 22:8 (see below); חוֺלֶה Nehemiah 2:2; Malachi 1:13; feminine חוֺלָה Ecclesiastes 5:12 + 3 times (for Jeremiah 4:31 see I. חוּל), construct חוֺלַת Songs 2:5; Songs 5:8; —
1. be or become weak, Samson Judges 16:7; 11; 17; feel weak Isaiah 57:10 (Che) Ezekiel 34:4; 16.
2. become sick, ill Genesis 48:1 (E) 1 Samuel 19:14; 1 Samuel 30:13; 1 Kings 14:1; 5; 1 Kings 15:23 (of Asa,＝חלא 2 Chronicles 16:2) 2 Chronicles 17:17; 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 13:14 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb) 2 Kings 20:12＝Isaiah 39:1; Isaiah 33:24; Isaiah 38:9; Proverbs 23:35; Psalm 35:13; Nehemiah 2:2, compare Psalm 77:11 חֲלוֺתִי for חַלּוֺתִי Che after Bi; lame and sick — i.e. imperfect for sacrifice — of animals Malachi 1:8; 13; sick from effect of wounds 2 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 22:6, compare Proverbs 23:35, מַכָּה with חֳלִי Deuteronomy 28:59; 61; Jeremiah 6:7; Jeremiah 10:19; hyperbole sick from love חוֺלַת אַהֲבָה אני Songs 2:5; Songs 5:8; be sick unto dying חלה לָמוּת 2 Kings 20:1＝Isaiah 38:1, עדלֿמות ח׳ (late) 2 Chronicles 32:24; Jeremiah 5:3 read probably לֹא חָלוּ֫ (for MT חָ֫לוּ, see I. חול) of the people, unmoved by י׳'s chastisements; thou hast smitten them, but they are not sick (compare Niph. Amos 6:6); of sickness of the mind in MT 1 Samuel 22:8 followed by עַל (but read rather חֹמֵל Greek Version of the LXX Gr Klo Dr); participle as adjective severe, sore רָעָה חוֺלָה Ecclesiastes 5:12; Ecclesiastes 5:15; — on Jeremiah 4:31 see I. חול.
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נֶחֱלֵיתִי Daniel 8:27; 3rd person plural נֶחְלוּ Amos 6:6; Jeremiah 12:13; Participle feminine נַחֲלָה Isaiah 17:11 + 4 times; plural נַחְלוֺת Ezekiel 34:4 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 34:21; —
1. make oneself sick, figurative for strain oneself Jeremiah 12:13 (but Gr נִלְאוּ).
2. be made sick Daniel 8:27; לֹא נֶח׳ of indifference, apathy Amos 6:6 followed by על (compare Qal Jeremiah 5:3); participle diseased, as substantive with article Ezekiel 34:4 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 34:21;＝severe, sore (predicate of מַכָּה) Nahum 3:19; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 30:12; also (מַכָּה omitted) Isaiah 17:11.
Pi. Perfect חִלָּה make sick, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + בְּ of land Deuteronomy 29:21; Infinitive construct חַלּוֺתִי הִיא Psalm 77:11 read probably חֲלוֺתִי Infinitive Qal; my sickness, so Bi Che (others derive from חלל my wounding, see De). — For other forms of Pi. see II. חלה.
Pu. Perfect be made weak, 2nd person masculine singular חֻלֵּיתָ Isaiah 14:10.
Hithp. Imperfect וַיִּתְחָ֑ל 2 Samuel 13:6; Imperative הִתְחָ֑ל 2 Samuel 13:5; Infinitive הִתְחַלּוֺת 2 Samuel 13:2; — make oneself sick, of Ammon's morbid passion for his sister 2 Samuel 13:2, followed by בַּעֲבוּר; of his pretended sickness of body 2 Samuel 13:5; 6.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶחֱלִי Isaiah 53:10; 1st person singular הֶחֱלֵתִי Micah 6:13; plural הֶחֱלוּ Hosea 7:5 (on text see below); Participle מַחֲלָה Proverbs 13:12; —
1. make (sick, i.e.) sore thy smiting הַכּוֺתֶ֑ךָ Micah 6:13 (compare Nahum 3:19, Niph.); object (implicit) a person, חָפֵץ דַּכְּאוֺ וי׳ הֶחֱלִי Isaiah 53:10 it pleased י׳ to bruise him, making him sick＝to bruise him sorely, see further Di.
2. make sick, object לֵב (of hope deferred) Proverbs 13:12..
3. shew (signs of) sickness, become sick, only שׂרים חֲמַת מִיָּ֑יִן הֶח׳ Hosea 7:5 princes are become sick with fever of wine (Now Che VB; > Vrss Hi-St who read הֵחֵלּוּ they begin the day with wine-fever).
Hoph. Perfect be made sick＝wounded הָֽחָלֵיתִי 1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33; 35:23.

II. [חָלָה] verb only
Pi. followed by פְּנֵי, פָּנֶיךָ, פָּנַיִךְ mollify, appease, entreat the favour of, literally make the face of any one sweet or pleasant (compare Arabic حَلَا, حَلِىَ, be sweet, pleasant, Aramaic Wlo, חֲלִי, id., adjective חָלֵי sweet); —
Pi. Perfect חִלָּה 2 Chronicles 33:12, חִלִּיתִי 1 Samuel 13:12; Psalm 119:58, וְחִלּוּ consecutive Job 11:19, חִלִּינוּ Daniel 9:13; Imperfect וַיְחַל Exodus 32:11 + 3 times, יְחַלּוּ Psalm 45:13; Proverbs 19:6; Imperative חַלנָֿא 1 Kings 13:6, חַלּוּנָֿא Malachi 1:9; Infinitive construct לְחַלּוֺת Zechariah 7:2 + 2 times; —
1. אתפֿנייֿ׳ ׃ח׳
a. mollify, pacify, appease י׳, i.e. induce him to shew favour in place of wrath and chastisement Exodus 32:11 (JE), 1 Kings 13:6 (+ הִתְפַּלֵּל), 1 Kings 13:6; 2 Kings 13:4; Jeremiah 26:19 (+ וַיִּנָּ֫חֶם), 2 Chronicles 33:12 (|| וַיִּכָּנַע מאד מִלִּפְנֵי), Daniel 9:13; also פניאֵֿל ח׳ Malachi 1:9 (followed by וִיחָנֵּ֫נוּ that he may be gracious to us).
b. entreat the favour of י׳, i.e. aim at success, prosperity, etc., through his favour, 1 Samuel 13:12 (in anticipation of war), Zechariah 8:21; 22 (|| לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ׳; of cities and nations assembling at Jerusalem for worship), Zechariah 7:2 (|| לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתיֿ׳) of worship at Jerusalem; quite generally, as habit of God-fearing man, Psalm 119:58 (+ בְּכָללַֿב).
2. entreat favour of men (in sense of 1b) — רַבִּים יְח׳ פנינָֿדִיב Proverbs 19:6 many entreat a prince's favour (|| וְכָלהָֿרֵעַ לְאִישׁ מַתָּן); פָּנַיִךְ יח׳ Psalm 45:13 of favour of king's bride; רַבִּים פָּנַיִךְ וְח׳ Job 11:19 favour of Job when absolved and restored.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

48:1; 48:1

Exodus

32:11; 32:11

Deuteronomy

28:59; 28:61; 29:21

Judges

16:7; 16:7; 16:11; 16:11; 16:17; 16:17

1 Samuel

13:12; 13:12; 19:14; 22:8; 22:8; 30:13; 30:13

2 Samuel

13:2; 13:2; 13:5; 13:5; 13:6; 13:6

1 Kings

13:6; 13:6; 13:6; 14:1; 14:1; 14:5; 15:23; 22:34

2 Kings

1:2; 1:2; 8:7; 8:29; 13:4; 13:14; 20:1; 20:12

2 Chronicles

16:2; 17:17; 18:33; 22:6; 32:24; 33:12; 33:12; 35:23

Nehemiah

2:2; 2:2

Job

11:19; 11:19

Psalms

35:13; 35:13; 45:13; 45:13; 77:11; 77:11; 77:11; 119:58; 119:58

Proverbs

13:12; 13:12; 19:6; 19:6; 23:35; 23:35

Ecclesiastes

5:12; 5:12; 5:15

Song of Songs

2:5; 2:5; 5:8; 5:8

Isaiah

14:10; 17:11; 17:11; 33:24; 38:1; 38:9; 38:9; 39:1; 53:10; 53:10; 57:10; 57:10

Jeremiah

4:31; 4:31; 5:3; 5:3; 5:3; 6:7; 10:19; 10:19; 12:13; 12:13; 14:17; 26:19; 30:12

Ezekiel

34:4; 34:4; 34:4; 34:16; 34:21; 34:21

Daniel

8:27; 8:27; 9:13; 9:13

Hosea

7:5; 7:5

Amos

6:6; 6:6; 6:6

Micah

6:13; 6:13

Nahum

3:19; 3:19

Zechariah

7:2; 7:2; 8:21; 8:22

Malachi

1:8; 1:9; 1:9; 1:13; 1:13

H2470

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Strong's Number H2470 matches the Hebrew חָלָה (ḥālâ),
which occurs 75 times in 73 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (Isa 53:10–Mal 1:13)

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