Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2487
חֲלִיפָה
chaliphahkhal-ee-faw'
change
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chălîyphâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2487is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2487
alternation
The King James renders it: change, course.
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
chaliphah is rendered "change". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Three of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 45:22He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
Genesis 45:22חֲלִפ֣וֹת
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
- changes of7
- changes2
- relays1
- relief my1
- the changes1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 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
- חֲלִיפ֣וֹת2
- חֲלִפ֣וֹת2
- חֲלִפֹ֥ת2
- הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹת1
- חֲלִיפ֔וֹת1
- חֲלִיפ֥וֹת1
- חֲלִיפ֖וֹת1
- חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃1
- חֲלִפ֥וֹת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)7HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural3HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
Genesis
two uses
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
- חֲלִפ֣וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
- חֲלִפֹ֥תchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
Judges
three uses
“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
- חֲלִפֹ֥תchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
- חֲלִיפ֣וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
Then the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, killed thirty of their men, took their apparel, and gave their clothes to those who had solved the riddle. And burning with anger, Samson returned to his father’s house,
- הַחֲלִיפ֔וֹתhachalifotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the changes
1 Kings
one use
He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.
- חֲלִיפ֔וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: relays
2 Kings
three uses
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
- חֲלִיפ֥וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
- חֲלִפ֥וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
- חֲלִפ֣וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: changes of
Job
two uses
You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
- חֲלִיפ֖וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: changes
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- חֲלִיפָתִֽי׃chalifatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: relief my
Psalms
one use
God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
- חֲלִיפ֣וֹתchalifotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: changes
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.