Strong's Number H2490

חָלַל

chalal · khaw-lal'

Transliteration:

chalal{khaw-lal'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root [compare 02470]

TWOT:

660,661

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Usage in the KJV:

begin 13, profane 36, pollute 23, defile 8, break 3, wounded 3, eat 2, slay 1, first 1, gather grapes 1, inheritance 1, began men 1, piped 1, players 1, prostitute 1, sorrow 1, stain 1, eat as common things 1

Total: 141
Occurs 142 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
1. (Niphal)
  1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
    1. ritually
    2. sexually
  2. to be polluted, be defiled
2. (Piel)
  1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute
  2. to violate the honour of, dishonour
  3. to violate (a covenant)
  4. to treat as common
3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to let be profaned
  2. to begin
5. (Hophal) to be begun
to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
1. (Qal) to pierce
2. (Pual) to be slain
3. (Poel) to wound, pierce
4. (Poal) to be wounded
(Piel) to play the flute or pipe