Strong's Hebrew lexicon
H2490 chalal
H2490 chalal (Hebrew): a primitive root (compare 2470); 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");…
- H2490
- Hebrew lexicon
- chalal
- KJV concordance
- began
- he began
- to profane
Meaning and word study
- Transliteration
- khaw-lal'
- Definition
- a primitive root (compare 2470); 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"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute):--begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. see HEBREW for 02470 see HEBREW for 02485
- KJV phrases tagged with this entry
- began (21), he began (4), to profane (3), sake, that it should not be polluted (3), and have profaned (3), neither shalt thou profane (2), if she profane (2), she profaneth (2), begin (2), will I begin (2), thee: begin (2), I have begun (2), thou beginnest (2), unto thee: begin (2), eaten (2), eat (2)
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Source: Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary, CrossWire distribution. License: Public domain. KJV word-tag alignment supplied by the CrossWire KJV module.
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