The meaning of “חָלַף”
Understanding châlaph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike throug...
חָלַף
abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through. - properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change 1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass on quickly 1a2) to pass away (vanish) 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass) 1a4) to pass through 1a5) to overstep, transgress 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew 1c2) to show newness (of tree)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 35:2 | “Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:” Word: חָלַף (châlaph) | |
| Judges 5:26 | “She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.” Word: חָלַף (châlaph) | |
| 2 Samuel 12:20 | “Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.” Word: חָלַף (châlaph) | |
| Psalms 90:6 | “In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.” Word: חָלַף (châlaph) | |
| Isaiah 21:1 | “The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.” Word: חָלַף (châlaph) |
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