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Strong's #2498 - חָלַף

Transliteration

châlaph

Phonetics

khaw-laf'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

666

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from
1. (Qal)
  1. to pass on quickly
  2. to pass away (vanish)
  3. to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)
  4. to pass through
  5. to overstep, transgress
2. (Piel) to cause to pass, change
3. (Hiph)
  1. to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
  2. to show newness (of tree)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 565 ‑ ἀπέρχομαι (ap‑erkh'‑om‑ahee); 851 ‑ ἀφαιρέω (af‑ahee‑reh'‑o); 1330 ‑ διέρχομαι (dee‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 1904 ‑ ἐπέρχομαι (ep‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 2690 ‑ καταστρέφω (kat‑as‑tref'‑o); 3328 ‑ μεταβάλλω (met‑ab‑al'‑lo); 3928 ‑ παρέρχομαι (par‑er'‑khom‑ahee); 1667 ‑ ἑλίσσω (hel‑is'‑so); 3884 ‑ παραλογίζομαι (par‑al‑og‑id'‑zom‑ahee); 236 ‑ ἀλλάσσω (al‑las'‑so);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (28)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

BSB (27)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

CSB (25)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

ESV (27)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

KJV (28)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

LEB (27)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 6

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

LSB (38)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

Job 10

Psalms 6

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 10

Habakkuk 2

N95 (28)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 8

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Habakkuk 2

NAS (41)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 8

Psalms 6

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 9

Habakkuk 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (28)

Genesis 4

Leviticus 1

Judges 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

Job 7

Psalms 4

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 7

Habakkuk 1

ASV (28)

and groweth up 1

and it shall sweep 1

and struck through 1

and thou hast changed 1

he shall not alter 1

him not: he passeth on 1

himself, and changed 2

if he pass through 1

in their place 1

is over 1

is renewed 1

me, and changed 1

pass away 1

passed 1

renew 1

shall renew 1

shall strike him through 1

shalt thou change 1

sweep 1

that it will sprout again 1

them, and they shall be changed 1

then shall he sweep 1

then shalt thou go on 1

they are passed away 1

violated 1

which groweth up 1

yourselves, and change 1

BSB (27)

and change 1

and changed 2

and pierced 1

and they will be passed on 1

and you have changed 1

but we will replace 1

changed 1

glided 1

he comes along 1

is over 1

is renewed 1

it will pour 1

it will sprout 1

new 1

renew 1

replace it 1

sweeping 1

then you will go 1

they have overstepped 1

they sweep by 2

were he to move 1

will pierce him 1

will renew 1

will vanish 1

you will change them 1

CSB (25)

by 4

change 2

changed 4

ended 1

grows 1

overstepped 1

pass 1

pass away 1

passed 1

pierced 1

pour 1

renew 2

renewed 1

replace 2

that grows 1

will pierce him 1

ESV (27)

change 2

changed 4

exchange 1

glided 1

go by 1

go on 1

moves on 1

new 1

pass away 2

passes through 1

pierced 1

place 1

renew 2

renewed 2

sprout 1

sweep 1

sweep on 2

through 1

violated 1

KJV (28)

abolish 1

again 1

alter 1

away 1

change 4

changed 6

off 1

on 2

over 1

pass 2

passed 1

renew 2

renewed 1

through 2

up 2

LEB (27)

⌊has turned 1

and change 1

and changed 2

and he will sweep 1

and if he should move on 1

and pierced 1

and sprouts anew 1

and they will be set aside 1

and you have changed 1

but we will replace 1

glided 1

he passes through 1

me and changed 1

passing over 1

renew 1

replace 1

shall pass away 1

shall renew 1

that sprouts anew 1

then it will sprout 1

then you will go on 1

they go by 1

they have passed by 1

they sweep 1

will pierce him 1

you will replace 1

LSB (38)

anew 2

by 2

change 3

changed 5

gain 2

go 1

move 1

new 2

on 2

over 1

past 1

pierce 1

pierced 1

renewed 1

replace 2

sprouts 2

sweep 4

sweeps 1

swept 1

through 1

vanish 1

violated 1

N95 (28)

change 1

changed 4

gain 2

go 1

move 1

new 2

over 1

passed 1

passes 1

past 1

pierce 1

pierced 1

renewed 1

replace 2

slip 1

sprout 1

sweep 3

through 1

vanish 1

violated 1

NAS (41)

along 1

altered 1

anew 2

away 1

by 2

change 2

changed 4

come 1

fly 1

gain 2

go 1

in 1

move 1

new 2

on 2

over 1

pass 1

passed 1

passes 1

past 1

pierce 1

pierced 1

renewed 1

replace 2

slip 1

sprout 1

sprouts 2

sweep 1

turns 1

vanish 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (28)

and springs up 1

and struck through 1

and they will be changed 1

and you have changed 1

he shall not alter 1

if he passes by 1

in their place 1

is over 1

is renewed 1

it will sweep 1

pass away 1

passed 1

renew 1

shall strike him through 1

sweep 1

that it will sprout again 1

then he sweeps 1

then you shall go on 1

they have passed away 1

they sprout 1

violated 1

will renew 1

you will change 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2165) p l h (ההלפ HhLP) AC: Pass CO: ? AB: ?: A passing on, away or through. [from: lh- passing through]

V) p l h (ההלפ HhLP) - I. Through:To pass through, by or over something. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Change:To go or pass through one thing to another, an exchange. KJV (32): (vf: Paal, Piel) change, pass, renew, through, grow, abolish, sprout, alter, cut, go, over - Strongs: H2498 (חָלַף), H2499 (חֲלַף)

N^m) p l h (ההלפ HhLP) - For: An exchange for something else. KJV (2): for - Strongs: H2500 (חֵלֶף)

a^m) p l h m (מההלפ MHhLP) - Knife: A tool for passing through. KJV (1): knife - Strongs: H4252 (מַחֲלָף)

a^f1) e p l h m (מההלפה MHhLPH) - Braids: In the sense of passing through each other. KJV (2): lock - Strongs: H4253 (מַחֲלָפָה)

b^f1) e p i l h (ההליפה HhLYPH) - Change: In the sense of passing through one thing to another. KJV (12): change, course - Strongs: H2487 (חֲלִיפָה)

c^m) p f l h (ההלופ HhLWP) - Destruction: In the sense of passing away. KJV (1): destruction - Strongs: H2475 (חֲלוֹף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָלַף verb pass on or away, pass through (mostly in poetry) (Late Hebrew id., pass by or away, change; Phoenician חלפת equivalent, Reinach^{RŠJ 1888,276}; Hoffm^{G. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890,20}; Aramaic חֲלֵף pass away, change;

change, substitute; Nabataean חלף change (?) Eut^{p. 53}; Arabic

come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e. successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives Lane^792-799; so also ויחלפה MI⁶ and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic

pass by, across, through) —

Qal Perfect חָלַף Song of Solomon 2:11; Habakkuk 1:11 etc.; Imperfect יַחֲלֹף Job 4:15 4t.; 3 feminine singular suffix תַּחְלְפֵ֑הוּ Job 20:24; יַחֲלֹ֑פוּ Psalm 102:27; Infinitive construct לַחֲלוֺף Isaiah 21:1; —

1. a. pass on quickly 1 Samuel 10:3; elsewhere only in poetry, move or sweep on, of a flood Isaiah 8:8, or wind Isaiah 21:1; Job 4:15; Habakkuk 1:11, of God Job 9:11; Job 11:10.

b. pass away ( vanish) Job 9:26 (of days); Song of Solomon 2:11 (of rain "" עבר), of the heavens Psalm 102:27, of idols Isaiah 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBL^{ix. 1890,86}).

2 of grass, come on anew, i. e. sprout again (compare Hiph`il 2) Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6, so Thes AV De Hi Che Bae and others; less suitably in context, ᵐ5ᵑ9 Ew pass away, above 1b. 3. transitive

a. pass through, i.e. pierce, followed by accusative Judges 5:26; Job 20:24.

b. overstep, transgress Isaiah 24:5 ("" עבר), (compare Arabic IV. to break a promise).

Pi`el Imperfect וַיְחַלֵּף ( cause to pass) change, followed by accusative garment Genesis 41:14 (E) 2 Samuel 12:20.

Hiph`il Perfect חֶחֱלִף Genesis 31:7; Imperfect יַחֲלִיף Job 14:7; suffix יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּ Leviticus 27:10; 3 feminine singular תַּחֲלִיף Job 29:20; 2 masculine singular וַתַּחֲלֵף Genesis 31:41; suffix תַּחֲלִיפֵם; יַחֲלִ֑יפוּ Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; נַחֲלִיף Isaiah 9:9; —

1 change (transitive) garments Genesis 35:2 (E) Psalm 102:27, wages Genesis 31:7,41 (both E); no object expressed Leviticus 27:10 (H); substitute i. e. cause to succeed Isaiah 9:9; change for better, renew, object כֹּחַ Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1.

2 shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Job 14:7, of bow Job 29:20.

[חֲלַף] verb pass (over) (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al with יַל person pass over one (of time): Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִחְלְפוּן Daniel 4:13,20,22,29.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָלַף fut. יַחֲלֹף poet. for עָבַר [“to slip, to glide, spoken of the swift motion of any thing smooth, the primary idea being that of smoothness and slipperiness, as of fat things; compare חָלַב also חָלַד, חָלַט. Gr. ἀ̓λείφω; and so Germ. fchlüpfen, Eng. to slip, with the sibilant prefixed”].

(1) to pass by, Job 4:15, 9:26 Song of Solomon 2:11 hence to pass on, 1 Samuel 10:3 to perish, to come to nothing, Isaiah 2:18 to pass beyond, transgress (a law), 24:5.

(2) to pass through, whence causat. to pierce through, Judges 5:26; Job 20:24.

(3) to come on against any one hostilely, Job 9:11, 11:10 of the wind, Isaiah 21:1 of a river, Isaiah 8:8.

(4) to come on or up; hence to revive or flourish as a plant, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 90:6. Figuratively, Habakkuk 1:11, אָז חָלַף רוּחַ “then his spirit revives.” (Syr. Aph., Arab. خلف Conj. IV. id.)

[“(5) to be changed, as if pass. of Pi. and Hiph. No. 1, Psalms 102:27.”]

Piel, to change (used of garments), Genesis 41:14; 2 Samuel 12:20. (Syr. Pael id.)

Hiphil

(1) to change, to interchange, to alter, Genesis 35:2; Leviticus 27:10; Psalms 102:27.

(2) to change, Genesis 31:7, 41 Genesis 31:41. [In Thes. 1 and 2, are put together.]

(3) causat. of Kal No. 4, to cause to revive, or sprout forth (as a tree), Isaiah 9:9 and intrans. to revive (prop. to produce new buds, or leaves), Job 14:7 whence, with the addition of בֹּחַ, to gain new strength, to renew one’s strength, Isaiah 40:31 41.1; and with the ellipsis of that word, Job 29:20.

Derivatives, חֵלֶף, חֲלוֹף, חֲלִיפָח, מַחְלָף, מַחְלָפוֹת.

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List of Word Forms

וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃ וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ וְחָלְפָ֖ה וְחָלַ֤ף וְחָלַפְתָּ֨ וְחָלָ֑ף וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף וַיְחַלֵּף֙ וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ף והחליפו והחלף וחלף וחלפה וחלפת ויחלף ויחלפו׃ ותחלף חָ֣לְפוּ חָ֭לְפוּ חָלַ֖ף חָלַ֥ף חלף חלפו יַחֲלִ֑יף יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּ יַחֲלֹ֑ף יַחֲלֹ֥ף יַחֲלֹֽף׃ יחליף יחליפו יחליפנו יחלף יחלף׃ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף לחלף נַחֲלִֽיף׃ נחליף׃ תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם תַחֲלִֽיף׃ תחליף׃ תחליפם תחלפהו chaLaf Chalfu ḥā·lap̄ ḥā·lə·p̄ū ḥālap̄ ḥāləp̄ū la·ḥă·lōp̄ lachaLof laḥălōp̄ na·ḥă·lîp̄ nachaLif naḥălîp̄ ta·ḥă·lî·p̄êm ṯa·ḥă·lîp̄ tachaLif tachaliFem tachleFehu taḥ·lə·p̄ê·hū ṯaḥălîp̄ taḥălîp̄êm taḥləp̄êhū vattachaLef vaychalLef vechaLaf vechalafTa vechalFah vehachaLifu vehecheLif veyachaLof VeyachaLofu wat·ta·ḥă·lêp̄ wattaḥălêp̄ way·ḥal·lêp̄ wayḥallêp̄ wə·ha·ḥă·lî·p̄ū wə·ḥā·lap̄ wə·ḥā·lāp̄ wə·ḥā·lap̄·tā wə·ḥā·lə·p̄āh wə·he·ḥĕ·lip̄ wə·ya·ḥă·lō·p̄ū wə·ya·ḥă·lōp̄ wəhaḥălîp̄ū wəḥālap̄ wəḥālāp̄ wəḥālap̄tā wəḥāləp̄āh wəheḥĕlip̄ wəyaḥălōp̄ wəyaḥălōp̄ū ya·ḥă·lî·p̄en·nū ya·ḥă·lî·p̄ū ya·ḥă·lîp̄ ya·ḥă·lōp̄ yachaLif yachaliFennu yachaLifu yachaLof yaḥălîp̄ yaḥălîp̄ennū yaḥălîp̄ū yaḥălōp̄