Word Study · Strong's H2490 · Hebrew
חָלַל
chalal
khaw-lal'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châlal
“properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
- 143occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 28 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 118inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 143 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 118
- הֵחֵ֣ל4
- הֵחֵ֔ל4
- הֵחֵל֙3
- חִלֵּ֑לוּ3
- חִלַּ֖לְתָּ3
- אָחֵל֙2
- הֵחֵ֥ל2
- הֵחֵ֤ל2
- הָחֵ֣ל2
- הֵחֵ֥לּוּ2
- וְחִלְּל֖וּ2
- וַיָּ֣חֶל2
and 106 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 91
- he began10
- and he began4
- and they began4
- it began4
- they began4
- you have profaned4
- you will profane4
- and it began3
- and they will profane3
- he will profane3
- they profaned3
- they will profane3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 72
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular16
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural7
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural7
- Hc/Vhw3ms6
- Hc/Vhw3mp4
- Hc/Vpq3cp4
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular4
- preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)3
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular3
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhp3ms · 16
- HVhp3cp · 7
- HVpp3cp · 7
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 6
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 4
- Hc/Vpq3cp · 4
- HR/Vpcc/Sp3ms · 4
- HVpi3mp · 4
- HVpp3ms · 4
- HR/Vpcc · 3
- HVhi1cs · 3
- HVhi3ms · 3
All 143, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel35 of 143 · 24%
- Leviticus16 of 143 · 11%
- 2 Chronicles11 of 143 · 8%
- Deuteronomy10 of 143 · 7%
- Genesis8 of 143 · 6%
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Genesis8 occurrences
- Genesis 4:26הוּחַ֔לhuchalverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.here: it was begun
- Genesis 6:1הֵחֵ֣לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,here: it began
- Genesis 9:20וַיָּ֥חֶלvaiyachelHc/Vhw3msNow Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.here: and he began
- Genesis 10:8הֵחֵ֔לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularCush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.here: he began
- Genesis 11:6הַחִלָּ֣םhachilamverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.here: [is] beginning they
- Genesis 41:54וַתְּחִלֶּ֜ינָהvatechileinahHc/Vhw3fpthe seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.here: and they began
- Genesis 44:12הֵחֵ֔לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.here: he began
- Genesis 49:4חִלַּ֖לְתָּchilaltaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularUncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.here: you profaned [it]
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 20:25וַתְּחַֽלְלֶֽהָ׃vatechalehaHc/Vpw2ms/Sp3fsNow if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.here: and you have profaned it
- Exodus 31:14מְחַֽלְלֶ֙יהָ֙mechaleihaverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularKeep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.here: [those who] profane it
Leviticus16 occurrences
- Leviticus 18:21תְחַלֵּ֛לtechalelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.here: you will profane
- Leviticus 19:8חִלֵּ֑לchilelverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWhoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.here: he has profaned
- Leviticus 19:12וְחִלַּלְתָּ֛vechilaltaHc/Vpq2msYou must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.here: and you will profane
- Leviticus 19:29תְּחַלֵּ֥לtechalelverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.here: you profane
- Leviticus 20:3וּלְחַלֵּ֖לulechalelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.here: and to profane
- Leviticus 21:4לְהֵ֖חַלּֽוֹ׃lehechalopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.here: to profane himself
- Leviticus 21:6יְחַלְּל֔וּyechaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.here: they will profane
- Leviticus 21:9תֵחֵ֖לtechelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularIf a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.here: she will profane herself
- Leviticus 21:9מְחַלֶּ֔לֶתmechaleletverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularIf a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.here: [is] profaning
- Leviticus 21:12יְחַלֵּ֔לyechalelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.here: he will profane
- Leviticus 21:15יְחַלֵּ֥לyechalelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularso that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”here: he will profane
- Leviticus 21:23יְחַלֵּל֙yechalelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularbut because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”here: he will profane
- Leviticus 22:2יְחַלְּל֖וּyechaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.here: they will profane
- Leviticus 22:9יְחַלְּלֻ֑הוּyechaleluhuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.here: they will profane it
- Leviticus 22:15יְחַלְּל֔וּyechaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORDhere: they will profane
- Leviticus 22:32תְחַלְּלוּ֙techaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,here: you will profane
Numbers5 occurrences
- Numbers 16:46הֵחֵ֥לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMoses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”here: it has begun
- Numbers 16:47הֵחֵ֥לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.here: it had begun
- Numbers 18:32תְחַלְּל֖וּtechaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralOnce you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”here: you will profane
- Numbers 25:1וַיָּ֣חֶלvaiyachelHc/Vhw3msWhile Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,here: and it began
- Numbers 30:2יַחֵ֖לyachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.here: he will violate
Deuteronomy10 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:24הָחֵ֣לhachelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.here: begin
- Deuteronomy 2:25אָחֵל֙ʾachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThis very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”here: I will begin
- Deuteronomy 2:31הַֽחִלֹּ֙תִי֙hachilotiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularThen the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”here: I have begun
- Deuteronomy 2:31הָחֵ֣לhachelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singularThen the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”here: begin
- Deuteronomy 3:24הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙hachilotaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?here: you have begun
- Deuteronomy 16:9מֵהָחֵ֤לmehachelpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.here: from when begins
- Deuteronomy 16:9תָּחֵ֣לtachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.here: you will begin
- Deuteronomy 20:6חִלְּל֔וֹchileloverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHas any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.here: he has put to use it
- Deuteronomy 20:6יְחַלְּלֶֽנּוּ׃yechallelenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHas any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.here: he will put to use it
- Deuteronomy 28:30תְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ׃techallelenuverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.here: you will put to use it
Judges8 occurrences
- Judges 10:18יָחֵ֔לyachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”here: he will begin
- Judges 13:5יָחֵ֛לyachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”here: he will begin
- Judges 13:25וַתָּ֙חֶל֙vatachelHc/Vhw3fsAnd the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.here: and it began
- Judges 16:19וַתָּ֙חֶל֙vatachelHc/Vhw3fsAnd having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.here: and she began
- Judges 16:22וַיָּ֧חֶלvaiyachelHc/Vhw3msHowever, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.here: and it began
- Judges 20:31וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּvaiyacheluHc/Vhw3mpThe Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.here: and they began
- Judges 20:39הֵחֵל֩hechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularthe men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”here: it began
- Judges 20:40הֵחֵ֛לָּהhechelahverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularBut when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.here: it began
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 3:2הֵחֵ֣לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAnd at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.here: they began
- 1 Samuel 3:12הָחֵ֖לhachelverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.here: beginning
- 1 Samuel 14:35הֵחֵ֔לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.here: he began
- 1 Samuel 22:15הַחִלֹּ֛תִיhachilotiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singularWas that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”here: did I begin?
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:32הֵחֵ֣לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territoryhere: he began
- 2 Kings 15:37הֵחֵ֣לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular(In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.)here: he began
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 1:10הֵחֵ֔לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularCush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.here: he began
- 1 Chronicles 5:1וּֽבְחַלְּלוֹ֙uvechaleloconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThese were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.here: and when profaned he
- 1 Chronicles 27:24הֵחֵ֤לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJoab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.here: he began
2 Chronicles11 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 3:1וַיָּ֣חֶלvaiyachelHc/Vhw3msThen Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.here: and he began
- 2 Chronicles 3:2וַ֠יָּחֶלvaiyachelHc/Vhw3msSolomon began construction on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.here: and he began
- 2 Chronicles 20:22הֵחֵ֨לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThe moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.here: [when] they began
- 2 Chronicles 29:17וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּvaiyacheluHc/Vhw3mpThey began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD. For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself, finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.here: and they began
- 2 Chronicles 29:27הֵחֵ֣לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.here: [when] it began
- 2 Chronicles 29:27הֵחֵ֤לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.here: it began
- 2 Chronicles 31:7הֵחֵ֥לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIn the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.here: they began
- 2 Chronicles 31:10מֵהָחֵ֨לmehachelpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”here: from when began
- 2 Chronicles 31:21הֵחֵ֣ל׀hechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.here: he began
- 2 Chronicles 34:3הֵחֵ֕לhechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.here: he began
- 2 Chronicles 34:3הֵחֵל֙hechelverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularIn the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.here: he began
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 3:6הֵחֵ֕לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralOn the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.here: they began
- Ezra 3:8הֵחֵ֡לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralIn the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.here: they began
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 4:7הֵחֵ֥לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWhen Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,here: they had begun
- Nehemiah 13:17וּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖יםumechalelimconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?here: and [are] profaning
- Nehemiah 13:18לְחַלֵּ֖לlechalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”here: by profaning
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 6:13הַחִלּ֨וֹתָhachilotaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularHaman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”here: you have begun
- Esther 9:23הֵחֵ֖לּוּhecheluverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSo the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.here: they had begun
Psalms7 occurrences
- Psalms 55:20חִלֵּ֥לchilelverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularMy companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.here: he violated
- Psalms 74:7חִלְּל֥וּchileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; they have defiled the dwelling place of Your Name.here: they profaned
- Psalms 87:7כְּחֹלְלִ֑יםkecholelimpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSingers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”here: like pipers
- Psalms 89:31יְחַלֵּ֑לוּyechaleluverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralif they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,here: they will violate
- Psalms 89:34אֲחַלֵּ֥לʾachalelverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will not violate My covenant or alter the utterance of My lips.here: I will violate
- Psalms 89:39חִלַּ֖לְתָּchilaltaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularYou have renounced the covenant with Your servant and sullied his crown in the dust.here: you have profaned
- Psalms 109:22חָלַ֥לchalalverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularFor I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.here: someone has pierced
Isaiah8 occurrences
- Isaiah 23:9לְחַלֵּל֙lechalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.here: to profane
- Isaiah 43:28וַאֲחַלֵּ֖לvaachalelHC/Vpu1csSo I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”here: so I may profane
- Isaiah 47:6חִלַּ֙לְתִּי֙chilaltiverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 1st person common singularI was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.here: I profaned
- Isaiah 48:11יֵחָ֑לyechalverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.here: will it be profaned
- Isaiah 51:9מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶתmecholeletverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?here: [who] pierced
- Isaiah 53:5מְחֹלָ֣לmecholalverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularBut He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.here: [was] pierced
- Isaiah 56:2מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹmechalelopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBlessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”here: from profaning it
- Isaiah 56:6מֵֽחַלְּל֔וֹmechalelopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—here: from profaning it
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 16:18חַלְּלָ֣םchalelamverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”here: have profaned they
- Jeremiah 25:29מֵחֵ֣לmechelverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’here: [am] beginning
- Jeremiah 31:5וְחִלֵּֽלוּ׃vechileluHc/Vpq3cpAgain you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant and enjoy the fruit.here: and they will put [them] to use
- Jeremiah 34:16וַתְּחַלְּל֣וּvatechaleluHc/Vpw2mpBut now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.here: and you profaned
Ezekiel35 occurrences
- Ezekiel 7:21וְחִלְּלֽוּהוּ׃vechilluhuHc/Vpq3cp/Sp3fsAnd I will hand these things over as plunder to foreigners and loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile them.here: and they will profane it
- Ezekiel 7:22וְחִלְּל֖וּvechileluHc/Vpq3cpI will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.here: and they will profane
- Ezekiel 7:22וְחִלְּלֽוּהָ׃ פvechileluhaHc/Vpq3cp/Sp3fsI will turn My face away from them, and they will defile My treasured place. Violent men will enter it, and they will defile it.here: and they will profane it
- Ezekiel 7:24וְנִחֲל֖וּvenichaluHc/VNq3cpSo I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.here: and they will be profaned
- Ezekiel 9:6תָּחֵ֑לּוּtacheluverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralSlaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.here: you will begin
- Ezekiel 9:6וַיָּחֵ֙לּוּ֙vaiyacheluHc/Vhw3mpSlaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.here: and they began
- Ezekiel 13:19וַתְּחַלֶּלְ֨נָהvatechalelnahHc/Vpw2fpYou have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.here: and you have profaned
- Ezekiel 20:9הֵחֵ֛לhechelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.here: to be profaned
- Ezekiel 20:13חִלְּל֣וּchileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralYet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.here: they profaned
- Ezekiel 20:14הֵחֵל֙hechelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.here: to be profaned
- Ezekiel 20:16חִלֵּ֑לוּchileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralbecause they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.here: they had profaned
- Ezekiel 20:21חִלֵּ֑לוּchileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.here: they profaned
- Ezekiel 20:22הֵחֵל֙hechelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.here: to be profaned
- Ezekiel 20:24חִלֵּ֑לוּchileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.here: they had profaned
- Ezekiel 20:39תְחַלְּלוּ־techalelu-verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.here: you will profane
- Ezekiel 22:8חִלָּֽלְתְּ׃chilaletverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularYou have despised My holy things and profaned My Sabbaths.here: you have profaned
- Ezekiel 22:16וְנִחַ֥לְתְּvenichaltHc/VNq2fsAnd when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”here: and you will be profaned
- Ezekiel 22:26וַיְחַלְּל֣וּvaychaleluHc/Vpw3mpHer priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.here: and they have profaned
- Ezekiel 22:26וָאֵחַ֖לvaechalHc/VNw1csHer priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.here: and I have been profaned
- Ezekiel 23:38חִלֵּֽלוּ׃chileluverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralThey have also done this to Me: On that very same day, they defiled My sanctuary and profaned My Sabbaths.here: they have profaned
- Ezekiel 23:39לְחַלְּל֑וֹlechalelopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularOn the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.here: to profane it
- Ezekiel 24:21מְחַלֵּ֤לmechalelverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularTell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’here: [am] about to profane
- Ezekiel 25:3נִחָ֗לnichalverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularTell the Ammonites to hear the word of the Lord GOD, for this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you exclaimed, “Aha!” when My sanctuary was profaned, when the land of Israel was laid waste, and when the house of Judah went into exile,here: it was profaned
- Ezekiel 28:7וְחִלְּל֖וּvechileluHc/Vpq3cpbehold, I will bring foreigners against you, the most ruthless of nations. They will draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and will defile your splendor.here: and they will profane
- Ezekiel 28:9מְחַלְלֶֽיךָ׃mechaleikhaverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWill you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.here: [those who] pierce you
- Ezekiel 28:16וָאֶחַלֶּלְךָ֩vaechalelkhaHc/Vpw1cs/Sp2msBy the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.here: and I profaned you
- Ezekiel 28:18חִלַּ֖לְתָּchilaltaverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularBy the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.here: you profaned
- Ezekiel 32:26מְחֻ֣לְלֵיmechuleiverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.here: pierced of
- Ezekiel 36:20וַֽיְחַלְּל֖וּvaychaleluHc/Vpw3mpAnd wherever they went among the nations, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the LORD, yet they had to leave His land.’here: and they profaned
- Ezekiel 36:21חִלְּל֙וּהוּ֙chileluhuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they had gone.here: they had profaned it
- Ezekiel 36:22חִלַּלְתֶּ֔םchilaltemverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: It is not for your sake that I will act, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which you profaned among the nations to which you went.here: you have profaned
- Ezekiel 36:23הַֽמְחֻלָּל֙hamchulalthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singularI will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.here: that has been] profaned
- Ezekiel 36:23חִלַּלְתֶּ֖םchilaltemverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralI will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.here: you have profaned
- Ezekiel 39:7אַחֵ֥לʾachelverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularSo I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.here: I will let be profaned
- Ezekiel 44:7לְחַלְּל֣וֹlechalelopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIn addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.here: to profane it
Malachi3 occurrences
- Malachi 1:12מְחַלְּלִ֣יםmechalelimverb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’here: [are] profaning
- Malachi 2:10לְחַלֵּ֖לlechalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?here: to profane
- Malachi 2:11חִלֵּ֣לchilelverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJudah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.here: it has profaned