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חָלָה

châlâh · khaw-law'Hebrew · H2470

Derivation

a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

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.

Translated as

sick (34), besought (5), weak (4), intreat (3), diseased (3), wounded (3), grievous (3), pray (3), sore (2), grief (2), supplication (1), sorry (1), suit (1), infirmity (1), intreated (1), travail (1), pain (1), prayer (1), grieved (1), beseech (1)

Where it appears

Found in 70 verses

Genesis
48:1
Exodus
32:11
Judges
16:7, 16:11, 16:17
1 Samuel
13:12, 19:14, 22:8, 30:13
2 Samuel
13:2, 13:5, 13:6
2 Kings
1:2, 8:7, 8:29, 13:4, 13:14, 20:1, 20:12
2 Chronicles
18:33, 22:6, 32:24, 33:12, 35:23
Nehemiah
2:2
Proverbs
13:12, 19:6, 23:35
Ecclesiastes
5:13, 5:16
Song of Solomon
2:5, 5:8
Jeremiah
4:31, 10:19, 12:13, 14:17, 26:19
Ezekiel
34:4, 34:16, 34:21
Daniel
8:27, 9:13
Hosea
7:5
Amos
6:6
Micah
6:13
Nahum
3:19
Zechariah
7:2, 8:21, 8:22
Malachi
1:8, 1:9, 1:13

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