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Lexicon :: Strong's H2491 - ḥālāl

Aa
חָלָל
Transliteration
ḥālāl
Pronunciation
khaw-lawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 2 / 2 (Jer 51:52–Zep 2:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52 - “Yes,” says the LORD, “but the time is coming
when I will destroy Babylon’s idols.
The groans of her wounded people
will be heard throughout the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:12 - They cry out to their mothers,
“We need food and drink!”
Their lives ebb away in the streets
like the life of a warrior wounded in battle.
They gasp for life
as they collapse in their mothers’ arms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:9 - Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4 - All your altars will be demolished, and your places of worship will be destroyed. I will kill your people in front of your idols.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:7 - The place will be littered with corpses, and you will know that I alone am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - They will know that I am the LORD when their dead lie scattered among their idols and altars on every hill and mountain and under every green tree and every great shade tree—the places where they offered sacrifices to their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - “Defile the Temple!” the LORD commanded. “Fill its courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went and began killing throughout the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:6 - You have murdered many in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:7 - “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: This city is an iron pot all right, but the pieces of meat are the victims of your injustice. As for you, I will soon drag you from this pot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - “Son of man, prophesy to them
and clap your hands.
Then take the sword and brandish it twice,
even three times,
to symbolize the great massacre,
the great massacre facing them on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:25 - “O you corrupt and wicked prince of Israel, your final day of reckoning is here!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - Your prophets have given false visions,
and your fortune-tellers have told lies.
The sword will fall on the necks of the wicked
for whom the day of final reckoning has come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: The whole coastline will tremble at the sound of your fall, as the screams of the wounded echo in the continuing slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:8 - They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die in the heart of the sea,
pierced with many wounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:23 - I will send a plague against you,
and blood will be spilled in your streets.
The attack will come from every direction,
and your people will lie slaughtered within your walls.
Then everyone will know
that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:4 - A sword will come against Egypt,
and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground.
Its wealth will be carried away
and its foundations destroyed.
The land of Ethiopia[fn] will be ravished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his armies—the most ruthless of all—
will be sent to demolish the land.
They will make war against Egypt
until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:24 - I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will lie there mortally wounded, groaning in pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:17 - Its allies, too, were all destroyed and had passed away. They had gone down to the grave—all those nations that had lived in its shade.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:18 - “O Egypt, to which of the trees of Eden will you compare your strength and glory? You, too, will be brought down to the depths with all these other nations. You will lie there among the outcasts[fn] who have died by the sword. This will be the fate of Pharaoh and all his hordes. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:20 - The Egyptians will fall with the many who have died by the sword, for the sword is drawn against them. Egypt and its hordes will be dragged away to their judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21 - Down in the grave[fn] mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes slaughtered by the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:22 - “Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:23 - Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:24 - “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:25 - They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:28 - “You too, Egypt, will lie crushed and broken among the outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:29 - “Edom is there with its kings and princes. Mighty as they were, they also lie among those slaughtered by the sword, with the outcasts who have gone down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “All the princes of the north and the Sidonians are there with others who have died. Once a terror, they have been put to shame. They lie there as outcasts with others who were slaughtered by the sword. They share the shame of all who have descended to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:31 - “When Pharaoh and his entire army arrive, he will take comfort that he is not alone in having his hordes killed, says the Sovereign LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:32 - Although I have caused his terror to fall upon all the living, Pharaoh and his hordes will lie there among the outcasts who were slaughtered by the sword. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:8 - I will fill your mountains with the dead. Your hills, your valleys, and your ravines will be filled with people slaughtered by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:26 - His own household will cause his downfall. His army will be swept away, and many will be killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:3 - See the flashing swords and glittering spears
as the charioteers charge past!
There are countless casualties,
heaps of bodies—
so many bodies that
people stumble over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:12 - “You Ethiopians[fn] will also be slaughtered
by my sword,” says the LORD.

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