cha.lah H2470

חָלָה (cha.lah) means “be weak: weak” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָלָה Hebrew · H2470 75 tagged occurrences in 73 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2470A

חָלָה · cha.lah · be weak: weak

: weak/disabled 1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry 1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak 1b2) to become sick, become ill 1c) (Niphal) 1c1) to make oneself sick 1c2) to be made sick 1c3) to be tired 1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick 1f) (Hiphil) 1f1) to make sore 1f2) to make sick 1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick 1f4) to grieve 1g) (Hophal) 1g1) to be made sick 1g2) to be wounded

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TBESH · H2470B

חָלָה · cha.lah · to beg

1) (Piel) 1a) (CLBL) to mollify, entreat, pray, beg

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TBESH · H2470H

חָלָה · cha.lah · be weak: ill

: ill/injured 1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry 1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak 1b2) to become sick, become ill 1c) (Niphal) 1c1) to make oneself sick 1c2) to be made sick 1c3) to be tired 1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick 1f) (Hiphil) 1f1) to make sore 1f2) to make sick 1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick 1f4) to grieve 1g) (Hophal) 1g1) to be made sick 1g2) to be wounded

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TBESH · H2470I

חָלָה · cha.lah · be weak: grieved

: grieved/sorrowful 1) to be or become weak, be or become sick, be or become diseased, be or become grieved, be or become sorry 1a) (Qal) to be weak, be sick 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to be or become weak, feel weak 1b2) to become sick, become ill 1c) (Niphal) 1c1) to make oneself sick 1c2) to be made sick 1c3) to be tired 1d) (Pual) to be made weak, become weak 1e) (Hithpael) to make oneself sick 1f) (Hiphil) 1f1) to make sore 1f2) to make sick 1f3) to show signs of sickness, become sick 1f4) to grieve 1g) (Hophal) 1g1) to be made sick 1g2) to be wounded

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל)); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

KJV glosses: beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.

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How translators render H2470

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
ill	4
is ill	3
became ill	2
had been wounded	2
i am badly wounded	2
i will become as weak	2
is grievous	2
sought	2
sought the favor	2
the weak	2
was sick	2
a grievous	1
after his illness	1
am faint	1
am sick	1
and feigned illness	1
and i will become as weak	1
and injured himself	1
and lay ill	1
and pretend you are ill	1
and seek	1
and sick ones	1
and to cause him to suffer	1
and to plead	1
are inflamed	1
at once to plead	1
favor	1
grieve	1
grievous	1
grow weak	1
had fallen sick	1
has inflicted	1
has shown concern	1
have become weak	1
he became diseased	1
hezekiahs illness	1
i am grieved	1
i am sick	1
i fell ill	1
i have sought	1
illness	1
intercede	1
interceded	1
is a grievous	1
is severe	1
like a woman in labor	1
manasseh sought	1
of disease	1
or sick	1
pain	1
seek	1
severely	1
sick	1
the sick	1
the weak ones	1
they have exhausted themselves	1
to plead	1
when they were ill	1
will court	1
will seek	1
wounded	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
sick	10
besought	3
a sore	2
and was sick	2
because he was sick	2
fell sick	2
for i am wounded	2
grievous	2
is grievous	2
that which was sick	2
then shall i be weak	2
to pray	2
was sick	2
agone i fell sick	1
all the diseased	1
and besought	1
and i have not made supplication	1
and made himself sick	1
and make thyself sick	1
and now i pray you beseech	1
and sick	1
and the sick	1
and to pray	1
as of a woman in travail	1
but as for me when they were sick	1
but they are not grieved	1
from me and i shall become weak	1
had been sick	1
hath laid	1
he besought	1
he was diseased	1
i am sick	1
i intreated	1
i was not sick	1
intreat	1
my infirmity	1
none of you that is sorry	1
not sick	1
of grief	1
shall intreat	1
shall make suit	1
that he fell sick	1
that he had been sick	1
the diseased	1
therefore thou wast not grieved	1
they have put themselves to pain	1
to grief	1
unto thee art thou also become weak	1
upon us yet made we not our prayer	1
was fallen sick	1
when he had been sick	1
will intreat	1
wounded	1

Verses containing H2470

Page 1 of 2. 73 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Genesis 48:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some time later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he set out with his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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Exodus 32:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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Deuteronomy 29:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
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Source alternate reference: 29.21
Judges 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson told her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become as weak as any other man.”
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Judges 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
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Judges 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
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1 Samuel 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will descend upon me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the LORD.’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”
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1 Samuel 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”
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1 Samuel 22:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
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1 Samuel 30:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
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2 Samuel 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
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2 Samuel 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
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2 Samuel 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
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1 Kings 13:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
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1 Kings 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
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1 Kings 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
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1 Kings 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
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1 Kings 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
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1 Kings 22:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
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2 Kings 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
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2 Kings 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Elisha came to Damascus while Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and the king was told, “The man of God has come here.”
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2 Kings 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
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2 Kings 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehoahaz sought the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him because He saw the oppression that the king of Aram had inflicted on Israel.
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2 Kings 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
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2 Kings 20:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
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2 Kings 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.
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2 Chronicles 18:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
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2 Chronicles 22:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds they had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
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2 Chronicles 32:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. So he prayed to the LORD, who spoke to him and gave him a sign.
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2 Chronicles 33:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
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2 Chronicles 35:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
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Nehemiah 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
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Job 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
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Psalms 35:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
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Psalms 45:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
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Source alternate reference: 45.13
Psalms 77:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
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Source alternate reference: 77.11
Psalms 119:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
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Proverbs 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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Proverbs 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.
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Proverbs 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
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Ecclesiastes 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
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Source alternate reference: 5.12
Ecclesiastes 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?
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Source alternate reference: 5.15
Song of Solomon 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
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Song of Solomon 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
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Isaiah 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
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Isaiah 17:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
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Isaiah 33:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
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Isaiah 38:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
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Isaiah 38:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
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Isaiah 39:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
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