Hebrew word study

חָלַלchâlal — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dis…

Pronounced “khaw-lal'”

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Translated in the King James as: begin (men began), defile, break, defile, eat (as common things), first, gather the grape thereof, take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Appears 141 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×

Genesis 4:26 Genesis 6:1 Genesis 9:20 Genesis 10:8 Genesis 11:6 Genesis 41:54 Genesis 44:12 Genesis 49:4

Exodus — 2×

Exodus 20:25 Exodus 31:14

Leviticus — 16×

Leviticus 18:21 Leviticus 19:8 Leviticus 19:12 Leviticus 19:29 Leviticus 20:3 Leviticus 21:4 Leviticus 21:6 Leviticus 21:9 Leviticus 21:12 Leviticus 21:15 Leviticus 21:23 Leviticus 22:2 Leviticus 22:9 Leviticus 22:15 Leviticus 22:32+ 1 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 5×

Numbers 16:46 Numbers 16:47 Numbers 18:32 Numbers 25:1 Numbers 30:2

Deuteronomy — 10×

Deuteronomy 2:24 Deuteronomy 2:25 Deuteronomy 2:31 Deuteronomy 3:24 Deuteronomy 16:9 Deuteronomy 20:6 Deuteronomy 28:30+ 3 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 1×

Joshua 3:7

Judges — 8×

Judges 10:18 Judges 13:5 Judges 13:25 Judges 16:19 Judges 16:22 Judges 20:31 Judges 20:39 Judges 20:40

1 Samuel — 3×

1 Sam 3:12 1 Sam 14:35 1 Sam 22:15

1 Kings — 1×

1 Ki 1:40

2 Kings — 2×

2 Ki 10:32 2 Ki 15:37

1 Chronicles — 3×

1 Chr 1:10 1 Chr 5:1 1 Chr 27:24

2 Chronicles — 11×

2 Chr 3:1 2 Chr 3:2 2 Chr 20:22 2 Chr 29:17 2 Chr 29:27 2 Chr 31:7 2 Chr 31:10 2 Chr 31:21 2 Chr 34:3+ 2 more in 2 Chronicles

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 3:6 Ezra 3:8

Nehemiah — 3×

Nehemiah 4:7 Nehemiah 13:17 Nehemiah 13:18

Esther — 2×

Esther 6:13 Esther 9:23

Job — 1×

Job 26:13

Psalms — 6×

Psalms 55:20 Psalms 74:7 Psalms 89:31 Psalms 89:34 Psalms 89:39 Psalms 109:22

Proverbs — 1×

Proverbs 26:10

Isaiah — 8×

Isaiah 23:9 Isaiah 43:28 Isaiah 47:6 Isaiah 48:11 Isaiah 51:9 Isaiah 53:5 Isaiah 56:2 Isaiah 56:6

Jeremiah — 4×

Jeremiah 16:18 Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 31:5 Jeremiah 34:16

Lamentations — 1×

Lam 2:2

Ezekiel — 35×

Ezekiel 7:21 Ezekiel 7:22 Ezekiel 7:24 Ezekiel 9:6 Ezekiel 13:19 Ezekiel 20:9 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 20:14 Ezekiel 20:16 Ezekiel 20:21 Ezekiel 20:22 Ezekiel 20:24 Ezekiel 20:39 Ezekiel 22:8 Ezekiel 22:16 Ezekiel 22:26 Ezekiel 23:38 Ezekiel 23:39 Ezekiel 24:21 Ezekiel 25:3 Ezekiel 28:7 Ezekiel 28:9 Ezekiel 28:16 Ezekiel 28:18 Ezekiel 32:26+ 10 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Hosea — 1×

Amos — 1×

Jonah — 1×

Zephaniah — 1×

Malachi — 3×

Malachi 1:12 Malachi 2:10 Malachi 2:11

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