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Lexicon :: Strong's H2498 - ḥālap̄

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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 Box Gen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they quickly brought him out of the pit. And when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came in before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - A spirit glided past my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not;
he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They go by like skiffs of reed,
like an eagle swooping on the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - If he passes through and imprisons
and summons the court, who can turn him back?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He will flee from an iron weapon;
a bronze arrow will strike him through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - my glory fresh with me,
and my bow ever new in my hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,
like grass that is renewed in the morning:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
in the evening it fades and withers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They will perish, but you will remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - for behold, the winter is past;
the rain is over and gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the idols shall utterly pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea.
As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on,
it comes from the wilderness,
from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth lies defiled
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed the laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Listen to me in silence, O coastlands;
let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
let us together draw near for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then they sweep by like the wind and go on,
guilty men, whose own might is their god!”
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