Word Study · Strong's H4245 · Hebrew
מַחֲלֶה
machaleh
makh-al-eh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: machăleh
“sickness”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
sickness
Rendered in the KJV as
disease, infirmity, sickness.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- מַחֲלָֽה׃2
- בְּמַחֲלֵ֣ה1
- הַמַּֽחֲלָ֞ה1
- מַחֲלָ֖ה1
- מַחֲלֵ֑הוּ1
How it is rendered · 4
- sickness3
- in [the] sickness of1
- sickness his1
- the sickness1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · feminine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 15:26הַמַּֽחֲלָ֞הhamachalahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularsaying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”here: the sickness
- Exodus 23:25מַחֲלָ֖הmachalahnoun · feminine singularSo you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.here: sickness
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 6:28מַחֲלָֽה׃machalahnoun · feminine singularWhen famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,here: sickness
- 2 Chronicles 21:15בְּמַחֲלֵ֣הbemachalehpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And 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: in [the] sickness of