חוּל
chûwl · khool
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Lexicon
Derivation: or חִיל; a primitive root;
properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
- properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear
- figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוּל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 53 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fear2 · 7%
- shaketh2 · 7%
- and they tarried1 · 4%
- that formed1 · 4%
- grieved1 · 4%
- to dance1 · 4%
- wounded1 · 4%
- hath formed1 · 4%
- let it rest1 · 4%
- him, and he was wounded1 · 4%
- is sore pained1 · 4%
- or wast thou made1 · 4%
- man travaileth1 · 4%
- therefore shall no man look1 · 4%
- things are formed1 · 4%
- of them that danced1 · 4%
- him; therefore trust1 · 4%
- do calve1 · 4%
- grievous1 · 4%
- to calve1 · 4%
- and wait patiently1 · 4%
- behold, i was shapen1 · 4%
- and be in anguish1 · 4%
- thee; they were afraid1 · 4%
- and he stayed1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.