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Lexicon :: Strong's H2485 - ḥālîl

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חָלִיל
Transliteration
ḥālîl
Pronunciation
khaw-leel'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 660d

Strong’s Definitions

חָלִיל châlîyl, khaw-leel'; from H2490; a flute (as perforated):—pipe.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H2485 in the following manner: pipe (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H2485 in the following manner: pipe (6x).
  1. pipe, flute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלִיל châlîyl, khaw-leel'; from H2490; a flute (as perforated):—pipe.
STRONGS H2485: Abbreviations
חָלִיל noun masculine flute, pipe, ח׳ 1 Samuel 10:5; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 30:29; plural חֲלִלִים 1 Kings 1:40; Jeremiah 48:36 (twice in verse).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

10:5

1 Kings

1:40

Isaiah

5:12; 30:29

Jeremiah

48:36

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2485 matches the Hebrew חָלִיל (ḥālîl),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward you will come to [fn]the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute H2485, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:40 - And all the people went up after him, and the people [fn]were playing on flutes H2485 and were glad with great gladness, so that the earth [fn]shook at their sound.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 -

And their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute H2485, and by wine;

But they do not look upon the deeds of Yahweh,

Nor do they see the work of His hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:29 -

You will have [fn]songs as in the night when you set yourself apart as holy for the festival,

And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute H2485,

To go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:36 -

“Therefore My heart moans for Moab like flutes H2485; My heart also moans like flutes H2485 for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced.

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