חָלַף
châlaph · khaw-laf'
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלַף 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- himself, and changed2 · 8%
- me, and changed1 · 4%
- and thou hast changed1 · 4%
- and change1 · 4%
- he shall not alter1 · 4%
- and stricken through1 · 4%
- then shalt thou go on1 · 4%
- passed1 · 4%
- him not: he passeth on1 · 4%
- they are passed away1 · 4%
- if he cut off1 · 4%
- that it will sprout again1 · 4%
- shall strike him through1 · 4%
- was renewed1 · 4%
- which groweth up1 · 4%
- and groweth up1 · 4%
- shalt thou change1 · 4%
- them, and they shall be changed1 · 4%
- is over1 · 4%
- abolish1 · 4%
- and he shall pass1 · 4%
- but we will change1 · 4%
- pass1 · 4%
- changed1 · 4%
- shall renew1 · 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.