חֹל
chôl · khole
properly, exposed; hence, profane
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2490 (חָלַל);
properly, exposed; hence, profane
- properly, exposed
- hence, profane
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: common, profane (place), unholy.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֹל 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and profane2 · 29%
- and unholy1 · 14%
- there is no common1 · 14%
- common1 · 14%
- and the profane place1 · 14%
- shall be a profane1 · 14%
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.