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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 BoxGen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he do at all change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She stretched forth her left hand to [fn]the nail, and her right hand to the workman's hammer, and she [fn]smote Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; she nailed through his temples.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - And thou shalt depart thence, and shalt go beyond that as far as the oak of Thabor, and thou shalt find there three men going up to God to Bæthel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshipped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, that it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory was fresh in me, and my bow prospered in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - (LXX 89:5) Years shall be [fn]vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - (LXX 89:6) In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:26 - (LXX 101:27) They shall perish, but thou remainest: and they all shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them, and they shall be changed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And they shall hide all idols made with hands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and he shall take away from Juda every man who shall be able to lift up his head, and every one able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of thy land, O [fn]God with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - (LXX 9:9) The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - The Vision of the Desert. As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, even from such a land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, even the everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, saying, This strength belongs to my god.
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