חָלָץ chalats
Hebrew word for “loin” · Strong’s H2504 · used 10 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) loins; 1a) as seat of virility; 1b) as girded; 1c) as seat of pain (woman's travail)
How it is translated
Glosses given for chalats in context, with how often each is used:
- loins 10
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Genesis 35 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 2 Chronicles 6 (1), Job 31 (1), Job 38 (1), Job 40 (1), Isaiah 5 (1), Isaiah 11 (1), Isaiah 32 (1), Jeremiah 30 (1)
Forms
- חלציו 4
- מחלציך 3
- חלציך 2
- חלצים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chalats more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 3
- אֵזוֹר ezor “girdle” 2
- שָׁאַל shaal “to ask” 3
- אָזַר azar “to gird” 2
- נָא na “please” 3
- רַק raq “except” 2
- אִם im “if” 3
- יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 3
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 2
- שֵׁם shem “name” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 2
Key verses
The verses using chalats that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 35:11 — And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
- 1 Kings 8:19 — Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
- 2 Chronicles 6:9 — Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
- Job 31:20 — If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
- Job 38:3 — Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
- Job 40:7 — Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
- Isaiah 5:27 — None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be…
- Isaiah 11:5 — And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
- Isaiah 32:11 — Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
- Jeremiah 30:6 — Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are…
See all 10 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.