חָלָה
châlâh · khaw-law'
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
- properly, to be rubbed or worn
- hence, (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted
- or (causatively) to grieve, make sick
- also, to stroke (in flattering), entreat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלָה 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
76 occurrences · 76 OT · 0 NT · 60 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sick3 · 8%
- is grievous3 · 8%
- besought3 · 8%
- for i am wounded2 · 5%
- then shall i be weak2 · 5%
- and was sick2 · 5%
- because he was sick2 · 5%
- was sick2 · 5%
- that which was sick2 · 5%
- fell sick2 · 5%
- to pray2 · 5%
- from me, and i shall become weak1 · 3%
- was fallen sick1 · 3%
- and i have not made supplication1 · 3%
- he was diseased1 · 3%
- hath laid1 · 3%
- intreat1 · 3%
- and made himself sick1 · 3%
- and make thyself sick1 · 3%
- that he fell sick1 · 3%
- agone i fell sick1 · 3%
- for he is sick1 · 3%
- and there is none of you that is sorry1 · 3%
- he is sick1 · 3%
- is sick1 · 3%
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.