Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2479
חַלְחָלָה
chalchalahkhal-khaw-law'
anguish
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chalchâlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2479is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2479
writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror
The King James renders it: (great, much) pain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chalchalah is rendered "anguish". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Isaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
Isaiah 21:3חַלְחָלָ֔ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- anguish3
- and anguish1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְחַלְחָלָה֙1
- חַלְחָלָ֔ה1
- חַלְחָלָה֙1
- חַלְחָלָ֤ה1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
Isaiah
one use
Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.
- חַלְחָלָ֔הchalchalahnoun · feminine singulartagged: anguish
Ezekiel
two uses
A sword will come against Egypt, and there will be anguish in Cush when the slain fall in Egypt, its wealth is taken away, and its foundations are torn down.
- חַלְחָלָה֙chalchalahnoun · feminine singulartagged: anguish
On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.
- חַלְחָלָ֤הchalchalahnoun · feminine singulartagged: anguish
Nahum
one use
She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and laid waste! Hearts melt, knees knock, bodies tremble, and every face grows pale!
- וְחַלְחָלָה֙vechalchalahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and anguish
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.