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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 deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “Thus I have been in your house twenty years; 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 - And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, 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 brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - ‘He shall not substitute it or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges animal for animal, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She stretched her hand to the tent peg,
Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer;
She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head,
She split and struck through his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you shall go on forward from there and come to the terebinth tree of Tabor. There three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, 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 - So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house; and when he requested, they set food before him, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - Then a spirit passed before my face;
The hair on my body stood up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - If He goes by me, I do not see Him;
If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They pass by like swift ships,
Like an eagle swooping on its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - “If He passes by, imprisons, and gathers to judgment,
Then who can hinder Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory is fresh within me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - You carry them away like a flood;
They are like a sleep.
In the morning they are like grass which grows up:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They will perish, but You will endure;
Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;
Like a cloak You will change them,
And they will be changed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For lo, 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 - But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - He will pass through Judah,
He will overflow and pass over,
He will reach up to the neck;
And the stretching out of his wings
Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen down,
But we will rebuild with hewn stones;
The sycamores are cut down,
But we will replace them with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The burden against the Wilderness of the Sea.

As whirlwinds in the South pass through,
So it comes from the desert, from a terrible land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants,
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who wait on 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 - “Keep silence before Me, O coastlands,
And let the people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us come near together for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then his mind[fn] changes, and he transgresses;
He commits offense,
Ascribing this power to his god.”
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