חָלָל
châlâl · khaw-lawl'
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2490 (חָלַל);
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
- pierced (especially to death)
- figuratively, polluted
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) 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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלָל 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
94 occurrences · 94 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- slain9 · 17%
- of the slain5 · 9%
- the slain4 · 7%
- of them that are slain3 · 6%
- and the slain3 · 6%
- your slain3 · 6%
- with the slain3 · 6%
- or profane2 · 4%
- all of them slain2 · 4%
- and the wounded2 · 4%
- with them that are slain2 · 4%
- and kill2 · 4%
- with them that be slain2 · 4%
- which slew1 · 2%
- and wounded1 · 2%
- one that is slain1 · 2%
- all slain1 · 2%
- unto the slain1 · 2%
- unto the slain man1 · 2%
- him that is slain1 · 2%
- any slain1 · 2%
- that were slain1 · 2%
- the rest of them that were slain1 · 2%
- or one slain1 · 2%
- upon the slain1 · 2%
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.