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Lexicon :: Strong's H2498 - ḥālap̄

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חָלַף
Transliteration
ḥālap̄
Pronunciation
khaw-laf'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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, 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.
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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