חָלָץ
châlâts · khaw-lawts'
the loins (as the seat of vigor)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2502 (חָלַץ) (in the sense of strength); only in the dual;
the loins (as the seat of vigor)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: loins, reins.
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
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › to pursue the straight path
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads that works to pursue the straight path.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלָץ 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- out of thy loins2 · 20%
- of thy loins1 · 10%
- if his loins1 · 10%
- now thy loins1 · 10%
- thy loins1 · 10%
- of their loins1 · 10%
- of his reins1 · 10%
- sackcloth upon your loins1 · 10%
- on his loins1 · 10%
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.