חֲלִיפָה chaliphah

Hebrew word for “change” · Strong’s H2487 · used 12 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

1) a change, change (of garments), replacement;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chaliphah in context, with how often each is used:

• changes 10
• relays 1
• relief 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 14 (3), 2 Kings 5 (3), Genesis 45 (1), 1 Kings 5 (1), Job 10 (1), Job 14 (1), Psalms 55 (1)

Forms

• חליפות 5
• חלפות 3
• חלפת 2
• החליפות 1
• חליפתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chaliphah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 5
• חִידָה chidah “riddle” 3
• כִּכָּר kikkar “talent” 3
• חוּד chud “to riddle” 2
• סָדִין sadin “linen” 2
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 4
• שְׁלֹשִׁים sheloshim “thirty” 3
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 3
• הֶם hem “them” 4
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 3
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 3
• עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 2

Key verses

The verses using chaliphah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 45:22 — To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
• Judges 14:12 — And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then…
• Judges 14:13 — But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may…
• Judges 14:19 — And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto…
• 1 Kings 5:14 — And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
• 2 Kings 5:5 — And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six…
• 2 Kings 5:22 — And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets:…
• 2 Kings 5:23 — And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon…
• Job 10:17 — Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
• Job 14:14 — If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Psalms 55:19 — God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.

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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.