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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 cheated me by changing my wages ten times. However, God has not allowed him to harm me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - It was like this for the twenty years I was in your household. I worked for you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, and you changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - Her hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera, she crushed his head, she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:3 - “Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:20 - Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:15 - A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:11 - When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:10 - “If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:7 - “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:20 - My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:5 - Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:6 - In the morning it springs up new, 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; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing you will change them and they will be discarded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:11 - See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - and the idols will totally disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:8 - and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, 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 dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:1 - A prophecy against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the southland, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:5 - The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - “Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then they sweep past like the wind and go on— guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
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