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Lexicon :: Strong's H2487 - ḥălîp̄â

Aa
חֲלִיפָה
Transliteration
ḥălîp̄â
Pronunciation
khal-ee-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 666c

Strong’s Definitions

חֲלִיפָה chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'; from H2498; alternation:—change, course.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2487 in the following manner: change (11x), course (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2487 in the following manner: change (11x), course (1x).

  1. a change, change (of garments), replacement

    1. change (of raiment)

    2. relays

    3. relief (from death)

    4. changing, varying (course of life)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲלִיפָה chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'; from H2498; alternation:—change, course.
STRONGS H2487: Abbreviations
† [חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix חֲלִיפָתִי Job 14:14; plural absolute חֲלִיפוֺת Judges 14:19 + 3 times; construct id. Judges 14:13; 2 Kings 5:5; חֲלִפוֺת Genesis 45:22 + 2 times; חֲלִפֹת Genesis 45:22; Judges 14:12; —
1. change of raiment שׂמלת ח׳ Genesis 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere בגדים ח׳ Judges 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:5, 22, 23; so without בגדים Judges 14:19.
2. relays 1 Kings 5:28; compare וצבא ח׳ Job 10:17 (Di).
3. revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.
4. changing, varying, of course of life אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֺת לָ֑מוֺ Psalm 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (|| ולא יָֽֽֽרְאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:22; 45:22; 45:22

Judges

14:12; 14:12; 14:13; 14:13; 14:19; 14:19

2 Kings

5:5; 5:5; 5:22; 5:23

Job

10:17; 14:14; 14:14

Psalms

55:20

H2487

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2487 matches the Hebrew חֲלִיפָה (ḥălîp̄â),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13 - But if you are not able to give me the answer, then you will have to give me thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing. And they said to him, Put your hard question and let us see what it is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - And the spirit of the Lord came rushing on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and, attacking thirty men there, took their clothing from them, and gave it to the men who had given the answer to his hard question. Then, full of wrath, he went back to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - And sent them to Lebanon in bands of ten thousand every month: for a month they were working in Lebanon and for two months in their country, and Adoniram was in control of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, All is well: but my master has sent me, saying, Even now, two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim; will you give me a talent of silver and two changes of clothing for them?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 - That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.
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