חָלָל chalal

Hebrew word for “slain” · Strong’s H2491 · used 94 times in 85 verses

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Meaning

: killed; 1) slain, fatally wounded, pierced; 1a) pierced, fatally wounded; 1b) slain; Also means: cha.lal (חָלָל ": wounded" H2491H)

Senses in the lexicon

• slain: killed (83)
• slain: wounded (7)
• profaned (4)

How it is translated

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

• those slain 29
• slain 20
• slain ones 14
• one slain 11
• ones slain 4
• fatally wounded 4
• those fatally wounded 2
• woman profaned 2
• those slain are 1
• like one slain 1
• more than those slain 1
• fatally wounded ones 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 32 (11), Deuteronomy 21 (4), Jeremiah 51 (4), 2 Samuel 1 (3), Ezekiel 6 (3), Ezekiel 21 (3), Ezekiel 30 (3), Leviticus 21 (2), Numbers 19 (2), Numbers 31 (2)

Forms

• חללים 25
• חללי 22
• חלל 20
• החללים 4
• בחלל 3
• חלליהם 3
• החלל 3
• חלליכם 3
• כחלל 2
• חלליך 2

Words used with it

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

• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 30
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 25
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 14
• עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 8
• חִתִּית chittit “terror” 5
• הָמוֹן hamon “crowd” 7
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 8
• אֵת et “with” 11
• בּוֹר bor “pit” 6
• קֶבֶר qever “grave” 6
• עִיר ir “city” 11
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 9

Key verses

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

• Numbers 23:24 — Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of…
• Numbers 31:8 — And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam…
• Joshua 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough…
• 1 Samuel 31:1 — Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
• Jeremiah 9:1 — Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 14:18 — If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the…
• Jeremiah 25:33 — And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered,…
• Ezekiel 6:7 — And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
• Ezekiel 21:25 — And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
• Ezekiel 30:24 — And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he shall groan before him with the…
• Ezekiel 31:18 — To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of…
• Ezekiel 32:24 — There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of…

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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.