TBESH · H2490A
חָלַל · cha.lal · to bore
1) to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore 1a) (Qal) to pierce 1b) (Pual) to be slain 1c) (Poel) to wound, pierce 1d) (Poal) to be wounded
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cha.lal H2490
חָלַל (cha.lal) means “to bore” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
חָלַל Hebrew · H2490 143 tagged occurrences in 133 verses
Pronunciation guide: khaw-lal' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H2490B
חָלַל · cha.lal · to play flute
(Piel) to play the flute or pipe
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TBESH · H2490C
חָלַל · cha.lal · to profane/begin: begin
: begin 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a1a) ritually 1a1b) sexually 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour 1b3) to violate (a covenant) 1b4) to treat as common 1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let be profaned 1d2) to begin 1e) (Hophal) to be begun
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TBESH · H2490H
חָלַל · cha.lal · to profane/begin: profane
: profane 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a1a) ritually 1a1b) sexually 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour 1b3) to violate (a covenant) 1b4) to treat as common 1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let be profaned 1d2) to begin 1e) (Hophal) to be begun
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TBESH · H2490I
חָלַל · cha.lal · to profane/begin: fruit
: fruit 1) to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself 1a1a) ritually 1a1b) sexually 1a2) to be polluted, be defiled 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to profane, make common, defile, pollute 1b2) to violate the honour of, dishonour 1b3) to violate (a covenant) 1b4) to treat as common 1c) (Pual) to be profaned (of name of God) 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let be profaned 1d2) to begin 1e) (Hophal) to be begun
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל)) 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)
KJV glosses: begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
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How translators render H2490
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| began | 13 |
| profane | 8 |
| and profaned | 4 |
| defile | 4 |
| they began | 4 |
| be profaned | 3 |
| you have profaned | 3 |
| begin | 2 |
| enjoy its fruit | 2 |
| had begun | 2 |
| has begun | 2 |
| he began | 2 |
| i will begin | 2 |
| profaned | 2 |
| profaning | 2 |
| they have defiled | 2 |
| without profaning it | 2 |
| am beginning | 1 |
| and defiled | 1 |
| and desecrate | 1 |
| and enjoy the fruit | 1 |
| and profane | 1 |
| and so profane | 1 |
| and so profane himself | 1 |
| and sullied | 1 |
| and they profaned | 1 |
| and they will begin | 1 |
| and they will defile | 1 |
| and they will defile it | 1 |
| and when you have defiled | 1 |
| and will defile | 1 |
| anyone who profanes it | 1 |
| because reuben defiled | 1 |
| began as well | 1 |
| began the work | 1 |
| beginning | 1 |
| begun to enjoy its fruit | 1 |
| break | 1 |
| by profaning | 1 |
| can i let myself be defamed | 1 |
| defiled it | 1 |
| defiles herself | 1 |
| from beginning | 1 |
| had profaned | 1 |
| has profaned | 1 |
| have begun | 1 |
| he has profaned | 1 |
| he violates | 1 |
| i am about to desecrate | 1 |
| i have begun | 1 |
| i profaned | 1 |
| in this way she began | 1 |
| is wounded | 1 |
| it was the first | 1 |
| josiah began | 1 |
| men began | 1 |
| now begin | 1 |
| of those who wound you | 1 |
| or desecrate | 1 |
| pierced | 1 |
| playing | 1 |
| proceeded | 1 |
| profanes | 1 |
| set out | 1 |
| since the people began | 1 |
| slain | 1 |
| so as not to desecrate | 1 |
| so as to profane | 1 |
| so i drove you in disgrace | 1 |
| so i will disgrace | 1 |
| so that i am profaned | 1 |
| so they began | 1 |
| solomon began | 1 |
| the first time | 1 |
| the israelites began | 1 |
| they had started | 1 |
| they have begun | 1 |
| they profane it | 1 |
| they profaned | 1 |
| they violate | 1 |
| to be profaned | 1 |
| to defile | 1 |
| to profane it | 1 |
| violate | 1 |
| vvv | 1 |
| was pierced | 1 |
| was profaned | 1 |
| which has been profaned | 1 |
| who pierced through | 1 |
| who will defile them | 1 |
| who wounds | 1 |
| will be profaned | 1 |
| will begin | 1 |
| will launch | 1 |
| you defiled | 1 |
| you profaned | 1 |
| you will defile it | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| began | 21 |
| he began | 4 |
| sake that it should not be polluted | 3 |
| to profane | 3 |
| and have profaned | 2 |
| begin | 2 |
| by profaning | 2 |
| from polluting | 2 |
| neither shalt thou profane | 2 |
| they began | 2 |
| will i begin | 2 |
| wounded | 2 |
| also from them and they shall pollute | 1 |
| and begin | 1 |
| and had polluted | 1 |
| and hast profaned | 1 |
| and he began | 1 |
| and he shall begin | 1 |
| and i am profaned | 1 |
| and not profane | 1 |
| and polluted | 1 |
| and profane | 1 |
| and shalt not gather the grapes | 1 |
| and she began | 1 |
| and that they profane | 1 |
| and they began | 1 |
| and they shall defile | 1 |
| and they shall not profane | 1 |
| and they shall pollute | 1 |
| and this they begin | 1 |
| and thou shalt take thine inheritance | 1 |
| and to profane | 1 |
| and will ye pollute | 1 |
| as common things | 1 |
| as the players | 1 |
| as they had begun | 1 |
| be polluted | 1 |
| because he hath profaned | 1 |
| because they have defiled | 1 |
| behold i will profane | 1 |
| but forasmuch as he defiled | 1 |
| but polluted | 1 |
| but ye have profaned | 1 |
| do not prostitute | 1 |
| eat | 1 |
| eaten | 1 |
| for lo i begin | 1 |
| had profaned | 1 |
| hath profaned | 1 |
| have polluted | 1 |
| he hath polluted | 1 |
| he shall not break | 1 |
| i have begun | 1 |
| i have polluted | 1 |
| if she profane | 1 |
| if they break | 1 |
| in them they polluted | 1 |
| into it and defile | 1 |
| is begun | 1 |
| is wounded | 1 |
| it to stain | 1 |
| neither shall he profane | 1 |
| neither shall ye profane | 1 |
| nor profane | 1 |
| now they began | 1 |
| of him that slayeth | 1 |
| of it neither shall ye pollute | 1 |
| on his part and they shall pollute | 1 |
| piped | 1 |
| pollute | 1 |
| polluted | 1 |
| sake which ye have profaned | 1 |
| shall be defiled | 1 |
| she profaneth | 1 |
| slain | 1 |
| that he began | 1 |
| that he profane | 1 |
| that will begin | 1 |
| the same was the first | 1 |
| thee begin | 1 |
| them and they shall sorrow | 1 |
| then began men | 1 |
| then defiledst thou | 1 |
| then they began | 1 |
| therefore i have profaned | 1 |
| therefore i will cast thee as profane | 1 |
| therefore if they profane | 1 |
| they have defiled | 1 |
| they profaned | 1 |
| thou beginnest | 1 |
| thou hast begun | 1 |
| thou hast defiled | 1 |
| thou hast profaned | 1 |
| to pollute | 1 |
| unto me but pollute | 1 |
| unto thee begin | 1 |
| unto you every one that defileth | 1 |
| upon it thou hast polluted | 1 |
| was begun | 1 |
| when i begin | 1 |
| when it was profaned | 1 |
| which was profaned | 1 |
| which ye have profaned | 1 |
| whom thou hast begun | 1 |
| will i not break | 1 |
| with him he hath broken | 1 |
Verses containing H2490
Page 1 of 3. 133 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 4:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Read word by word - Genesis 6:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Read word by word - Genesis 9:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
Read word by word - Genesis 10:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Read word by word - Genesis 11:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
Read word by word - Genesis 41:54
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Genesis 44:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Read word by word - Genesis 49:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Read word by word - Exodus 20:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.
Read word by word - Exodus 31:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
Read word by word - Leviticus 18:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 19:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
Read word by word - Leviticus 20:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
Read word by word - Leviticus 22:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 22:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
Read word by word - Leviticus 22:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
Read word by word - Leviticus 22:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
Read word by word - Numbers 16:46
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.11
- Numbers 16:47
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Aaron took the censer as Moses had ordered and ran into the midst of the assembly. And seeing that the plague had begun among the people, he offered the incense and made atonement for the people.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.12
- Numbers 18:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
Read word by word - Numbers 25:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
Read word by word - Numbers 30:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.3
- Deuteronomy 2:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 2:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 2:31
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 3:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 16:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
Read word by word - Joshua 3:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
Read word by word - Judges 10:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
Read word by word - Judges 13:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall touch his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”
Read word by word - Judges 13:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
Read word by word - Judges 16:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
Read word by word - Judges 16:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Read word by word - Judges 20:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
Read word by word - Judges 20:39
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
Read word by word - Judges 20:40
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 3:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 14:35
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 22:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
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