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Lexicon :: Strong's H2470 - ḥālâ

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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 20:12Isaiah 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 20:1Isaiah 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 48:1–Isa 39:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 -

Now it happened after these things that [fn]Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is H2470 sick H2470.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:11 -

Then Moses entreated H2470 [fn]the favor H2470 of Yahweh his God and said, “O Yahweh, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:22 -

“And the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, shall see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which Yahweh has [fn]afflicted H2470 it, and they will say,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like any other man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - And he said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes [fn]which have not been used for work, then I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like any other man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told her all that was in his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come on my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me and I will become H2470 weak H2470 and be like every other man.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:12 - therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not entreated H2470 the favor of Yahweh.’ So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:14 - Then Saul sent messengers to take David, but she said, “He is H2470 sick H2470.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - “For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who reveals in my ear when my son cuts a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry H2470 for me or reveals in my ear that my son has caused my servant to rise up against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, “To whom do you belong? And where are you from?” And he said, “I am a young man of Egypt, a slave of an Amalekite; and my master forsook me when I fell H2470 sick H2470 three days ago.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:2 - And Amnon was so distressed because of his sister Tamar that he made H2470 himself ill H2470, for she was a virgin. So it was hard in Amnon’s sight to do anything to her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; and your father will come to see you, and you will say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended H2470 to H2470 be H2470 ill H2470; and the king came to see him, and Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please [fn]entreat H2470 Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]entreated H2470 Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1 -

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became H2470 sick H2470.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - Now Yahweh had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to [fn]inquire of you concerning her son, for he is H2470 sick H2470. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 -

Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 -

Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became H2470 sick H2470; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:34 -

Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel [fn]in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn [fn]around and take me out of the [fn]fight, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:2 - And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber, which was in Samaria, and became H2470 ill H2470. So he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will live from this sickness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:7 -

Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was H2470 sick H2470, and it was told to him, saying, “The man of God has come here.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had caused by striking him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was H2470 sick H2470.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz entreated H2470 the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:14 -

Now Elisha [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness of which he was to die. So Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over [fn]him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:1 -

In those days Hezekiah became H2470 ill H2470 to the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:12 -

At that time [fn]Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been H2470 sick H2470.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:33 - Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel [fn]in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn [fn]around and take me out of the [fn]fight, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:6 - So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they caused by striking him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And [fn]Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was H2470 sick H2470.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24 -

In those days Hezekiah became H2470 sick H2470 to the point of death; and he prayed to Yahweh, and [fn]Yahweh spoke to him and gave him a miraculous sign.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:12 - And when he was in distress, he entreated H2470 Yahweh his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am H2470 badly wounded H2470.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:2 - So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are H2470 not sick H2470? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:19 -

“You would lie down and none would make you tremble,

And many would entreat H2470 your [fn]favor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 -

But as for me, when they were H2470 sick H2470, my clothing was sackcloth;

I humbled my soul with fasting,

And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:12 -

The daughter of Tyre will come with a present;

The rich among the people will seek H2470 your favor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:10 -

Then I said, “It is my [fn]grief H2470,

That the right hand of the Most High has changed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:58 -

I have sought H2470 to please H2470 Your face with all my heart;

Be gracious to me according to Your [fn]word.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:12 -

[fn]Hope deferred makes H2470 the heart sick H2470,

But desire [fn]fulfilled is a tree of life.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:6 -

Many will seek H2470 the favor of a noble man,

And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:35 -

“They struck me, but I did not become H2470 [fn]ill H2470;

They beat me, but I did not know it.

When shall I awake?

I will seek yet another.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:13 -

There is a sickening H2470 evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being [fn]hoarded by their master to his own evil demise.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:16 - This also is a sickening H2470 evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So what is the advantage to him who labors for the wind?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 -

“Sustain me with raisin cakes,

Refresh me with [fn]apples,

Because I am lovesick H2470.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 -

“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

What will you tell him?

Tell him that I am sick H2470 with love.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:10 -

“They will all answer and say to you,

‘Even you have been made H2470 weak H2470 as we,

You have become like us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:11 -

In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,

And in the morning you cause your seed to flourish;

But the harvest will be a heap

In a day of sickliness H2470 and incurable pain.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 -

And no one who dwells there will say, “I am sick H2470”;

The people who inhabit [fn]there will be forgiven their iniquity.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 -

In those days Hezekiah became H2470 ill H2470 to the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:9 -

A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and [fn]recovery:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:1 -

At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been H2470 sick H2470 and was growing stronger.


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