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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 - but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went in and stood before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal—neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg,
and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer.
She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head.
With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “When you get to the oak of Tabor, you will see three men coming toward you who are on their way to worship God at Bethel. One will be bringing three young goats, another will have three loaves of bread, and the third will be carrying a wineskin full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground, washed himself, put on lotions,[fn] and changed his clothes. He went to the Tabernacle and worshiped the LORD. After that, he returned to the palace and was served food and ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - A spirit[fn] swept past my face,
and my hair stood on end.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - “Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him.
When he moves by, I do not see him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - It disappears like a swift papyrus boat,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - If God comes and puts a person in prison
or calls the court to order, who can stop him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “Even a tree has more hope!
If it is cut down, it will sprout again
and grow new branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - When they try to escape an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - New honors are constantly bestowed on me,
and my strength is continually renewed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
They are like grass that springs up in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it blooms and flourishes,
but by evening it is dry and withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - They will perish, but you remain forever;
they will wear out like old clothing.
You will change them like a garment
and discard them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - Look, the winter is past,
and the rains are over and gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - Idols will completely disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - This message came to me concerning Babylon—the desert by the sea[fn]:
Disaster is roaring down on you from the desert,
like a whirlwind sweeping in from the Negev.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth suffers for the sins of its people,
for they have twisted God’s instructions,
violated his laws,
and broken his everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - “Listen in silence before me, you lands beyond the sea.
Bring your strongest arguments.
Come now and speak.
The court is ready for your case.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - They sweep past like the wind
and are gone.
But they are deeply guilty,
for their own strength is their god.”
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