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Lexicon :: Strong's H2491 - ḥālāl

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חָלָל
Transliteration
ḥālāl
Pronunciation
khaw-lawl'
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Part of Speech
adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 660a

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָל châlâl, khaw-lawl'; from H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted:—kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x

The KJV translates Strong's H2491 in the following manner: slay (78x), wounded (10x), profane (3x), kill (2x), slain man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 94x
The KJV translates Strong's H2491 in the following manner: slay (78x), wounded (10x), profane (3x), kill (2x), slain man (1x).
masculine noun

  1. slain, fatally wounded, pierced

    1. pierced, fatally wounded

    2. slain

      adjective

  2. (CLBL) profaned

    1. defiled, profaned (by divorce)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָל châlâl, khaw-lawl'; from H2490; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted:—kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.
STRONGS H2491: Abbreviations
† I. חָלָל 90 noun masculine pierced, ח׳ absolute Deuteronomy 21:1 + 25 times; construct חֲלַל Numbers 19:16; plural חֲלָלִים Numbers 23:24 + 28 times; construct חַלְלֵי Isaiah 22:2 + 21 times; suffix חֲלָלֶיךָ Psalm 69:27, etc. + 11 times suffixes; —
1. pierced, fatally wounded Psalm 69:27; Jeremiah 51:52; Ezekiel 26:15; Ezekiel 30:24; Lamentations 2:12. Elsewhere
2. slain Numbers 19:18; Numbers 31:8, 19 (P), etc.; singular collective 2 Samuel 23:8, 18 = 1 Chronicles 11:11, 20; Ezekiel 6:7; Ezekiel 30:11, etc., but usually plural 1 Samuel 17:52 (RV wounded) Jeremiah 51:49, etc.; † חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב Isaiah 22:2; Jeremiah 14:18; Ezekiel 31:17, 18; Ezekiel 32:20, 21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32; Zephaniah 2:12; Lamentations 4:9; חַלְלֵי רעב Lamentations 4:9; חַלְלֵי יהוה Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 25:33.

† II. חָלָל adjective profaned; — חָלָל רָשָׁע (read construct חֲלַל SS) profaned, dishonoured wicked one Ezekiel 21:30 (so AV Thes MV SS Co Or; but RV H" deadly wounded, Ew Sm fallen, slain); plural construct חַלְלֵי רְשָׁעִים Ezekiel 21:34; feminine singular חֲלָלָה of woman sexually dishonoured Leviticus 21:7, 14 (H; || זָנָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

21:7; 21:14

Numbers

19:16; 19:18; 23:24; 31:8; 31:19

Deuteronomy

21:1

1 Samuel

17:52

2 Samuel

23:8; 23:18

1 Chronicles

11:11; 11:20

Psalms

69:27; 69:27

Isaiah

22:2; 22:2; 66:16

Jeremiah

14:18; 25:33; 51:49; 51:52

Lamentations

2:12; 4:9; 4:9

Ezekiel

6:7; 21:30; 26:15; 30:11; 30:24; 31:17; 31:18; 32:20; 32:21; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:31; 32:32

Zephaniah

2:12

H2491

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2491 matches the Hebrew חָלָל (ḥālāl),
which occurs 9 times in 8 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:1 -

[fn]Oh that my head were waters

And my eyes a fountain of tears,

That I might weep day and night

For the slain H2491 of the daughter of my people!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 -

‘If I go out to the field,

Behold, those [fn]slain H2491 with the sword!

Or if I enter the city,

Behold, diseases of famine!

For both prophet and priest

Have gone around as merchants in the land that they do not know.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:33 -

“Those slain H2491 by Yahweh on that day will be from one end of the earth to the [fn]other. They will not be lamented, gathered, or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9

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Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down [fn]because of Gedaliah, it was the one that King Asa had made on account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain H2491.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:4 -

“They will fall down [fn]slain H2491 in the land of the Chaldeans,

And pierced through in their streets.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:47 -

Therefore behold, days are coming

When I will punish the graven images of Babylon;

And her whole land will be put to shame,

And all her slain H2491 will fall in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:49 -

Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain H2491 of Israel,

As also for Babylon the slain H2491 of all the earth have fallen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:52

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“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh,

“When I will punish her graven images,

And the mortally H2491 wounded H2491 will groan throughout her land.

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