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H2490Hebrew

חָלַל

Definition and meaning

chalal (khaw-lal') v. 1. (properly) to bore 2. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve 3. (figuratively) to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge") 4. denom. (from H2485) to play (the flute) [a primitive root] KJV: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound. Compare: H2470 See also: H2485

Tagged KJV passages

131 matching verses - 141.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

Matched English: men
Genesis 6:1

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Matched English: began
Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Matched English: began
Genesis 10:8

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Matched English: began
Genesis 11:6

And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Matched English: begin
Genesis 41:54

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Matched English: began
Genesis 44:12

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Matched English: began
Genesis 49:4

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

Matched English: thou
Exodus 20:25

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Matched English: polluted
Exodus 31:14

Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Matched English: defileth
Leviticus 18:21

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 19:8

Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Matched English: profaned
Leviticus 19:12

And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 19:29

Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Matched English: prostitute
Leviticus 20:3

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 21:4

But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 21:6

They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 21:9

And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Matched English: profane, profaneth
Leviticus 21:12

Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 21:15

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 21:23

Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 22:2

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 22:9

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Matched English: profane
Leviticus 22:15

And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

Matched English: profane