חוּל chul
Hebrew word for “to twist” · Strong’s H2342 · used 58 times in 54 verses
Meaning
: writh_in_pain/wound;
Senses in the lexicon
- to twist: writh in pain (22)
- to twist: tremble (11)
- to twist: give birth (9)
- to twist: dance (9)
- to twist: anticipate (5)
- be firm (2)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chul in context, with how often each is used:
- labor 4
- brought forth 4
- writhed 3
- tremble 3
- severe pain 2
- anguish 2
- causes to tremble 2
- will whirl about 2
- will be in anguish 1
- writhing in pain 1
- writhed in agony 1
- will be in anguish ! 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 12 | 0.6 | |
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Job | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Judges | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 7 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 21 (2), Job 15 (2), Psalms 29 (2), Proverbs 8 (2), Isaiah 23 (2), Isaiah 26 (2), Isaiah 66 (2), Jeremiah 5 (2), Genesis 8 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1)
Forms
- יחילו 5
- יחיל 4
- ויחל 3
- חלה 3
- חוללתי 3
- מתחולל 2
- תחיל 2
- חלו 2
- ותחל 2
- חולי 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chul more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָלַד yalad “to beget” 13
- תֵּבֵל tevel “world” 4
- תְּהוֹם tehom “abyss” 3
- טֶרֶם terem “before” 3
- חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 3
- רָאָה raah “to see” 6
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 4
- כָּבֵד kavad “to honor” 3
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 3
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 5
- אַף aph “also” 3
- כְּמוֹ kemo “like” 3
Key verses
The verses using chul that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 32:18 — Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
- Psalms 10:5 — His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
- Psalms 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Psalms 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Psalms 90:2 — Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Isaiah 51:2 — Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
- Isaiah 54:1 — Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the…
- Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive…
- Jeremiah 5:22 — Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot…
- Jeremiah 51:29 — And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an…
- Micah 4:10 — Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the…
- Habakkuk 3:10 — The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
See all 54 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.