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Lexicon :: Strong's H2487 - ḥălîp̄â

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חֲלִיפָה
Transliteration
ḥălîp̄â
Pronunciation
khal-ee-faw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 666c

Strong’s Definitions

חֲלִיפָה chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'; from H2498; alternation:—change, course.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H2487 in the following manner: change (11x), course (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H2487 in the following manner: change (11x), course (1x).

  1. a change, change (of garments), replacement

    1. change (of raiment)

    2. relays

    3. relief (from death)

    4. changing, varying (course of life)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֲלִיפָה chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'; from H2498; alternation:—change, course.
STRONGS H2487: Abbreviations
† [חֲלִיפָה] noun feminine a change (from idea of replacing, changing, substituting, compare Arabic, Aramaic) — suffix חֲלִיפָתִי Job 14:14; plural absolute חֲלִיפוֺת Judges 14:19 + 3 times; construct id. Judges 14:13; 2 Kings 5:5; חֲלִפוֺת Genesis 45:22 + 2 times; חֲלִפֹת Genesis 45:22; Judges 14:12; —
1. change of raiment שׂמלת ח׳ Genesis 45:22 (twice in verse), elsewhere בגדים ח׳ Judges 14:12, 13; 2 Kings 5:5, 22, 23; so without בגדים Judges 14:19.
2. relays 1 Kings 5:28; compare וצבא ח׳ Job 10:17 (Di).
3. revival after death, under figure of relief from military service Job 14:14.
4. changing, varying, of course of life אֲשֶׁר אֵין חֲלִיפוֺת לָ֑מוֺ Psalm 55:20 of the wicked, with whom are no changings, i.e. they do evil incessantly, steadily (|| ולא יָֽֽֽרְאוּ אלהים) so Kmp Hu De Sch and others; but the expression is peculiar and obscure; Calv vicissitudes; Hengst discharges; text perhaps corrupt.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

45:22; 45:22; 45:22

Judges

14:12; 14:12; 14:13; 14:13; 14:19; 14:19

2 Kings

5:5; 5:5; 5:22; 5:23

Job

10:17; 14:14; 14:14

Psalms

55:20

H2487

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Strong's Number H2487 matches the Hebrew חֲלִיפָה (ḥălîp̄â),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:22 - To each of them he gave new clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[fn] of silver and five sets of clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:13 - If you can’t tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they said. “Let’s hear it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:19 - Then the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. He went down to Ashkelon, struck down thirty of their men, stripped them of everything and gave their clothes to those who had explained the riddle. Burning with anger, he returned to his father’s home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:5 - “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents[fn] of silver, six thousand shekels[fn] of gold and ten sets of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - “Everything is all right,” Gehazi answered. “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the company of the prophets have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:23 - “By all means, take two talents,” said Naaman. He urged Gehazi to accept them, and then tied up the two talents of silver in two bags, with two sets of clothing. He gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them ahead of Gehazi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:17 - You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:14 - If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal[fn] to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God, who is enthroned from of old, who does not change— he will hear them and humble them, because they have no fear of God.
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