Word Study · Strong's H2470 · Hebrew
חָלָה
chalah
khaw-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châlâh
“properly, to be rubbed or worn”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Rendered in the KJV as
beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
- 76occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 25 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 60inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 76 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 60
- חָלָ֖ה4
- חֹלֶ֥ה4
- וְחָלִ֥יתִי3
- חָלָ֥ה3
- נַחְלָ֖ה3
- הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃2
- חוֹלָ֔ה2
- חֹלֶ֑ה2
- נֶחְל֖וּ2
- בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם1
- בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹ1
- הַ֣חוֹלֶ֔ה1
and 48 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 51
- he became sick5
- and I will be weak4
- [is] severe3
- [is] sick3
- and he entreated3
- I have been wounded3
- [was] sick2
- entreat2
- he had been sick2
- he was sick2
- I am sick2
- I have entreated2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 39
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular9
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular8
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular5
- Hc/Vpw3ms4
- Hc/Vqq1cs4
- verb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 1st person common singular3
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular3
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plural2
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqp3ms · 9
- HVqrmsa · 8
- HVNrfsa · 5
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 4
- Hc/Vqq1cs · 4
- HVHp1cs · 3
- HVqp1cs · 3
- HR/Vpcc · 2
- HTd/VNrfpa · 2
- HTd/Vqrfsa · 2
- HVNp3cp · 2
- HVpi3mp · 2
All 76, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah8 of 76 · 11%
- 1 Kings7 of 76 · 9%
- 2 Kings7 of 76 · 9%
- Jeremiah6 of 76 · 8%
- 2 Chronicles5 of 76 · 7%
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Judges4 occurrences
- Judges 16:7וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1csSamson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”here: and I will be weak
- Judges 16:11וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1csHe replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”here: and I will be weak
- Judges 16:13וְחָלִיתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1csThen Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me all along! Tell me how you can be tied up.” He told her, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the web of a loom and tighten it with a pin, I will become as weak as any other man.”here: and I will be weak
- Judges 16:17וְחָלִ֥יתִיvechalitiHc/Vqq1csSamson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”here: and I will be weak
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:12חִלִּ֑יתִיchilitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”here: I have entreated
- 1 Samuel 19:14חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”here: [is] sick
- 1 Samuel 22:8חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularIs that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”here: [was] feeling pain
- 1 Samuel 30:13חָלִ֖יתִיchalitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularThen David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.here: I was sick
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 13:2לְהִתְחַלּ֗וֹתlehitchalotpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.here: to make himself sick
- 2 Samuel 13:5וְהִתְחָ֑לvehitchalconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singularJonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”here: and make yourself sick
- 2 Samuel 13:6וַיִּתְחָ֑לvaiyitchalHc/Vtw3msSo Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”here: and he made himself sick
1 Kings7 occurrences
- 1 Kings 13:6חַל־chal-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.here: entreat
- 1 Kings 13:6וַיְחַ֤לvaychalHc/Vpw3msThen the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.here: and he entreated
- 1 Kings 14:1חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAt that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,here: he became sick
- 1 Kings 14:5חֹלֶ֣הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”here: [is] sick
- 1 Kings 15:23חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.here: he was sick
- 1 Kings 17:17חָלָ֕הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularLater, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.here: he became sick
- 1 Kings 22:34הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃hocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 1st person common singularHowever, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”here: I have been wounded
2 Kings7 occurrences
- 2 Kings 1:2וַיָּ֑חַלvaiyachalHc/Vqw3msNow Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”here: and he became ill
- 2 Kings 8:7חֹלֶ֑הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”here: [was] sick
- 2 Kings 8:29חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: [was] sick
- 2 Kings 13:4וַיְחַ֥לvaychalHc/Vpw3msThen Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.here: and he entreated
- 2 Kings 13:14חָלָ֣הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”here: he became sick
- 2 Kings 20:1חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”here: he became sick
- 2 Kings 20:12חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAt that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.here: he had been sick
2 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 18:33הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃hocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 1st person common singularHowever, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”here: I have been wounded
- 2 Chronicles 22:6חֹלֶ֥הcholehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularso he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.here: [was] being ill
- 2 Chronicles 32:24חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.here: he was sick
- 2 Chronicles 33:12חִלָּ֕הchilahverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.here: he entreated
- 2 Chronicles 35:23הָחֳלֵ֖יתִיhocholeitiverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 1st person common singularThere the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”here: I have been wounded
Job1 occurrence
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 35:13בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡םbachalotampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.here: when were sick they
- Psalms 45:12יְחַלּ֗וּyechaluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.here: they will entreat
- Psalms 77:10חַלּ֣וֹתִיchalotiverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”here: [is] wounding my
- Psalms 119:58חִלִּ֣יתִיchilitiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.here: I have entreated
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 13:12מַחֲלָה־machalah-verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularHope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.here: [is] making sick
- Proverbs 19:6יְחַלּ֣וּyechaluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralMany seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.here: they entreat
- Proverbs 23:35חָלִיתִי֮chalitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”here: I am sick
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 5:13חוֹלָ֔הcholahverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularThere is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,here: severe
- Ecclesiastes 5:16חוֹלָ֔הcholahverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularThis too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?here: severe
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 2:5חוֹלַ֥תcholatverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.here: [am] weak of
- Song of Solomon 5:8שֶׁחוֹלַ֥תshecholatrelative particle (“who / which”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.here: that [am] weak of
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:10חֻלֵּ֥יתָchuleitaverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThey will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”here: you have been made weak
- Isaiah 17:11נַחֲלָ֖הnachalahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularthough on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.here: [being] sick
- Isaiah 33:24חָלִ֑יתִיchalitiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularAnd no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.here: I am sick
- Isaiah 38:1חָלָ֥הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”here: he became sick
- Isaiah 38:9בַּחֲלֹת֕וֹbachalotopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThis is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:here: when was sick he
- Isaiah 39:1חָלָ֖הchalahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAt that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.here: he had been sick
- Isaiah 53:10הֶֽחֱלִ֔יhecheliverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularYet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.here: he made [him] sick
- Isaiah 57:10חָלִֽית׃chalitverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularYou are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.here: you became weak
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 4:31כְּחוֹלָ֜הkecholahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularFor I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”here: like a sick [woman]
- Jeremiah 10:19נַחְלָ֖הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularWoe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”here: [is] severe
- Jeremiah 12:13נֶחְל֖וּnechluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”here: they have wearied themselves
- Jeremiah 14:17נַחְלָ֥הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularYou are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.here: made sick
- Jeremiah 26:19וַיְחַל֙vaychalHc/Vpw3msDid Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”here: and did he entreat
- Jeremiah 30:12נַחְלָ֖הnachlahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularFor this is what the LORD says: “Your injury is incurable; your wound is grievous.here: [is] severe
Ezekiel4 occurrences
- Ezekiel 34:4הַנַּחְלוֹת֩hanachlotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralYou have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.here: the weak [ones]
- Ezekiel 34:4הַחוֹלָ֣הhacholahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularYou have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.here: the sick [one]
- Ezekiel 34:16הַחוֹלָ֖הhacholahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularI will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’here: the sick [one]
- Ezekiel 34:21הַנַּחְל֑וֹתhanachlotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine pluralSince you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,here: the weak [ones]
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 8:27וְנֶֽחֱלֵ֙יתִי֙venecheleiticonjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 1st person common singularI, Daniel, was exhausted and lay ill for days. Then I got up and went about the king’s business. I was confounded by the vision; it was beyond understanding.here: and I was sick
- Daniel 9:13חִלִּ֜ינוּchilinuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common pluralJust as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.here: we have entreated
Zechariah3 occurrences
- Zechariah 7:2לְחַלּ֖וֹתlechalotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORDhere: to entreat
- Zechariah 8:21לְחַלּוֹת֙lechalotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’here: to entreat
- Zechariah 8:22וּלְחַלּ֖וֹתulechalotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”here: and to entreat
Malachi3 occurrences
- Malachi 1:8וְחֹלֶ֖הvecholehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.here: and a sick [animal]
- Malachi 1:9חַלּוּ־chalu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.here: entreat
- Malachi 1:13הַ֣חוֹלֶ֔הhacholehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.here: the sick [animal]