חֳלִי choli
Hebrew word for “sickness” · Strong’s H2483 · used 24 times in 22 verses
Meaning
sickness
How it is translated
Glosses given for choli in context, with how often each is used:
- sickness 20
- sicknesses 2
- will be in sicknesses 1
- affliction 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Chronicles | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Isaiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
2 Chronicles 21 (3), Deuteronomy 28 (2), 2 Kings 8 (2), Isaiah 53 (2), Deuteronomy 7 (1), 1 Kings 17 (1), 2 Kings 1 (1), 2 Kings 13 (1), 2 Chronicles 16 (1), Psalms 41 (1)
Forms
- חלי 5
- חליו 5
- מחלי 3
- בחליו 2
- לחלי 2
- וחלים 1
- בחליים 1
- החלי 1
- וחליו 1
- וחלי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with choli more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חָלָה chalah “be weak” 5
- מַכָּה makkah “wound” 4
- מֵעֶה meeh “belly” 3
- רַע ra “bad” 5
- חָיָה chayah “to live” 4
- זֶה zeh “this” 5
- דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 3
- מַכְאוֹב makhov “pain” 2
- חֲזָהאֵל chazael “Hazael” 2
- מִן־ min “from” 4
- עַד ad “till” 4
- רָפָא rapah “to heal” 2
Key verses
The verses using choli that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 28:59 — Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long…
- 1 Kings 17:17 — And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath…
- 2 Kings 1:2 — And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of…
- 2 Kings 13:14 — Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my…
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 — All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 — A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat…
- Isaiah 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Isaiah 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him…
- Isaiah 53:4 — Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- Jeremiah 6:7 — As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
- Jeremiah 10:19 — Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
- Hosea 5:13 — When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of…
See all 22 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.