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Lexicon :: Strong's H2498 - ḥālap̄

Aa
חָלַף
Transliteration
ḥālap̄
Pronunciation
khaw-laf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 666

Strong’s Definitions

חָלַף châlaph, khaw-laf'; a primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change:—abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H2498 in the following manner: change (10x), pass (3x), renew (3x), strike through (2x), grow up (2x), abolish (1x), sprout again (1x), alter (1x), pass away (1x), cut off (1x), go on (1x), pass on (1x), over (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H2498 in the following manner: change (10x), pass (3x), renew (3x), strike through (2x), grow up (2x), abolish (1x), sprout again (1x), alter (1x), pass away (1x), cut off (1x), go on (1x), pass on (1x), over (1x).

  1. to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pass on quickly

      2. to pass away (vanish)

      3. to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)

      4. to pass through

      5. to overstep, transgress

    2. (Piel) to cause to pass, change

    3. (Hiph)

      1. to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew

      2. to show newness (of tree)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלַף châlaph, khaw-laf'; a primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change:—abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
STRONGS H2498: Abbreviations
† חָלַף verb pass on or away, pass through (mostly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., pass by or away, change; Phoenician חלפת equivalent, ReinachRÉJ 1888, 276; HoffmG. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890, 20; Aramaic חֲלֵף pass away, change; Pflo change, substitute; Nabataean חלף change (?) Eutp. 53; Arabic خَلَفَ come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e. successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives. Lane792-799; so also ויחלפה MI6 and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic ኀለፈ፡ pass by, across, through) —
Qal Perfect חָלַף Songs 2:11; Habakkuk 1:11 etc.; Imperfect יַחֲלֹף Job 4:15 + 4 times; 3rd person feminine singular suffix תַּחְלפֵ֫הוּ Job 20:24; יַחֲלֹ֑פוּ Psalm 102:27 [Psalm 102:26]; Infinitive construct לַחֲלוֺף Isaiah 21:1; —
1. a. pass on quickly 1 Samuel 10:3; elsewhere only in poetry, move or sweep on, of a flood Isaiah 8:8, or wind Isaiah 21:1; Job 4:15; Habakkuk 1:11, of God Job 9:11; Job 11:10.
b. pass away (vanish) Job 9:26 (of days); Songs 2:11 (of rain || עבר), of the heavens Psalm 102:27 [Psalm 102:26], of idols Isaiah 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBLix. 1890, 86).
2. of grass, come on anew, i. e. sprout again (compare Hiph. 2) Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6, so Thes AV De Hi Che Bae and others; less suitably in context, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Ew pass away, above 1b.
3. transitive.
a. pass through, i.e. pierce, followed by accusative Judges 5:26; Job 20:24.
b. overstep, transgress Isaiah 24:5 (|| עבר), (compare Arabic IV. to break a promise).
Pi. Imperfect וַיְחַלֵּף (cause to pass) change, followed by accusative garment Genesis 41:14 (E) 2 Samuel 12:20.
Hiph. Perfect חֶחֱלִף Genesis 31:7; Imperfect יַחֲלִיף Job 14:7; suffix יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ Leviticus 27:10; 3rd person feminine singular תַּחֲלִיף Job 29:20; 2nd person masculine singular וַתַּחֲלֵף Genesis 31:41; suffix תַּחֲלִיפֵם; יַחֲלִ֫יפוּ Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; נַחֲלִיף Isaiah 9:9 [Isaiah 9:10]; —
1. change (transitive) garments Genesis 35:2 (E) Psalm 102:27 [Psalm 102:26], wages Genesis 31:7, Genesis 31:41 (both E); no object expressed Leviticus 27:10 (H); substitute i. e. cause to succeed Isaiah 9:9 [Isaiah 9:10]; change for better, renew, object כֹּחַ Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1.
2. shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Job 14:7, of bow Job 29:20.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2499.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:7; 31:7; 31:41; 31:41; 35:2; 41:14

Leviticus

27:10; 27:10

Judges

5:26

1 Samuel

10:3

2 Samuel

12:20

Job

4:15; 4:15; 9:11; 9:26; 11:10; 14:7; 14:7; 20:24; 20:24; 29:20; 29:20

Psalms

90:5; 90:6; 102:26; 102:26; 102:26

Song of Songs

2:11; 2:11

Isaiah

2:18; 8:8; 9:10; 9:10; 21:1; 21:1; 24:5; 40:31; 40:31; 41:1; 41:1

Habakkuk

1:11; 1:11

H2498

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2498 matches the Hebrew חָלַף (ḥālap̄),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - But your father has not kept faith with me, and ten times he has made changes in my payment; but God has kept him from doing me damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - It may not be changed in any way, a good given for a bad, or a bad for a good; if one beast is changed for another, the two will be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - Then you are to go on from there, and when you come to the oak-tree of Tabor, you will see three men going up to God to Beth-el, one having with him three young goats and another three cakes of bread and another a skin full of wine:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the earth, and after washing and rubbing himself with oil and changing his clothing, he went into the house of the Lord and gave worship: then he went back to his house, and at his order they put food before him and he had a meal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory will be ever new, and my bow will be readily bent in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it is green; in the evening it is cut down, and becomes dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They will come to an end, but you will still go on; they all will become old like a coat, and like a robe they will be changed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the images will never be seen again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth has been made unclean by those living in it; because the laws have not been kept by them, the orders have been changed, and the eternal agreement has been broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Come quietly before me, O sea-lands, and let the peoples get together their strength: let them come near; then let them say what they have to say: let us put forward our cause against one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then his purpose will be changed, over-stepping the limit; he will make his strength his god.
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