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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2477 - חֲלַח
Transliteration
Chălach
Phonetics
khal-akh'
Root Word (Etymology)
probably of foreign origin
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Halah = “painful”
1) a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
NAS (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
HCS (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
BSB (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
ESV (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
WEB (3)
2 Kings
2
1 Chronicles
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
חֲלַח proper name, of a location a city or district under Assyrian control, whither Israel captives were taken 2 Kings 17:6 = 2 Kings 18:11,1Chronicles 5:26, compare –ala——u in Mesopotamia, Schr COT on 2 Kings 17:8; > Hal Mél. Epigr. 1874,70 Cilica (= Phoenician חלך, Lag M. i. 211, Assyrian –ilakku, Lyon Sargontexte) Lag BN 57.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חֲלַח [Halah] pr.n. of a province of Assyria, whither a portion of the ten tribes were taken by Shalmanezer; it is probably Calachene (Καλαχηνή, Strab. xvi. 1; Καλακινὴ, Ptol. vi. 1), the northern province of Assyria, on the confines of Armenia, 2 Kings 17:6, 18:11. Compare בֶּלַח.
[חַלְחוּל Halhul, pr.n. Joshua 15:38, now called Hŭlhûl, حلحول, Rob. i. 319.]
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List of Word Forms
בַּחְלַ֧ח בחלח לַחְלַ֨ח לחלח bachLach baḥ·laḥ baḥlaḥ lachLach laḥ·laḥ laḥlaḥ
