חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'Hebrew · H2490
Derivation
a primitive root (compare H2470 (חָלָה)); also denominative (from H2485 (חָלִיל))
Meaning
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)
In the King James Version
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.
Translated as
began (33), profane (17), profaned (15), begin (12), polluted (12), pollute (7), begun (5), defiled (5), break (3), wounded (3), profaning (2), polluting (2), men (1), thou (1), defileth (1), prostitute (1), profaneth (1), beginnest (1), eaten (1), first (1)
Where it appears
Found in 124 verses