Word Study · Strong's H2483 · Hebrew
חֳלִי
choli
khol-ee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: chŏlîy
“malady, anxiety, calamity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
malady, anxiety, calamity
Rendered in the KJV as
disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 20inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 20
- מֵחֳלִ֥י3
- חֹ֑לִי2
- חָלְי֔וֹ2
- בְּחָלְיוֹ֙1
- בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃1
- בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים1
- הַחֹ֔לִי1
- וָחֳלִ֥י1
- וְחָלְי֥וֹ1
- וָחֳלָיִ֥ם1
- חֳלִי֙1
- חֳלִ֥י1
and 8 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- sickness his5
- sickness4
- from sickness3
- in sickness his2
- [is] a sickness1
- [is] for sickness1
- [will be] in sicknesses1
- and [is] an affliction1
- and sickness his1
- and sicknesses1
- from sickness his1
- sicknesses our1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 11
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5
- noun · masculine singular4
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 5
- HR/Ncmsa · 5
- HNcmsa · 4
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp1bp · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmpa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles6 of 24 · 25%
- 2 Kings4 of 24 · 17%
- Isaiah4 of 24 · 17%
- Deuteronomy3 of 24 · 13%
- Ecclesiastes2 of 24 · 8%
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 7:15חֹ֑לִיcholinoun · masculine singularAnd the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.here: sickness
- Deuteronomy 28:59וָחֳלָיִ֥םvocholayimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralHe will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.here: and sicknesses
- Deuteronomy 28:61חֳלִי֙cholinoun · masculine singularThe LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.here: sickness
2 Kings4 occurrences
- 2 Kings 1:2מֵחֳלִ֥יmecholipreposition + noun · masculine singularNow 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: from sickness
- 2 Kings 8:8מֵחֳלִ֥יmecholipreposition + noun · masculine singularSo the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”here: from sickness
- 2 Kings 8:9מֵחֳלִ֥יmecholipreposition + noun · masculine singularSo Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”here: from sickness
- 2 Kings 13:14חָלְי֔וֹchalyonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 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: sickness his
2 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 16:12חָלְי֑וֹchalyonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.here: sickness his
- 2 Chronicles 16:12בְּחָלְיוֹ֙bechalyopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady became increasingly severe. Yet even in his illness he did not seek the LORD, but only the physicians.here: in sickness his
- 2 Chronicles 21:15בָּחֳלָיִ֥יםbocholayimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralAnd day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”here: [will be] in sicknesses
- 2 Chronicles 21:15הַחֹ֔לִיhacholithe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”here: the sickness
- 2 Chronicles 21:18לָחֳלִ֖יlocholipreposition + noun · masculine singularAfter all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.here: to a sickness
- 2 Chronicles 21:19חָלְי֔וֹchalyonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThis continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.here: sickness his
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 5:17וְחָלְי֥וֹvechalyoconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularMoreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.here: and sickness his
- Ecclesiastes 6:2וָחֳלִ֥יvocholiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularGod gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.here: and [is] an affliction
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:5לָחֳלִ֔יlocholipreposition + noun · masculine singularWhy do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.here: [is] for sickness
- Isaiah 38:9מֵחָלְיֽוֹ׃mechalyopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThis is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:here: from sickness his
- Isaiah 53:3חֹ֑לִיcholinoun · masculine singularHe was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.here: sickness
- Isaiah 53:4חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙cholayenunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralSurely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.here: sicknesses our
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 6:7חֳלִ֥יcholinoun · masculine singularAs a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.here: sickness
- Jeremiah 10:19חֳלִ֖יcholinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Woe 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] a sickness