Strong's H2498 · Hebrew
חָלַף
châlaph · /khaw-laf'/
Definition
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
KJV: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
Root / derivation: a primitive root;
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חָלַף across 27 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
27 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Genesis4 verses
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:41Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Genesis 41:14Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. brought: Heb. made him run
Job7 verses
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Job 9:11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 9:26They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. swift: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire
Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? cut: or, make a change hinder: Heb. turn him away?
Job 14:7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 29:20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. fresh: Heb. new renewed: Heb. changed
Psalms3 verses
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. groweth: or, is changed
Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Psalms 102:26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: endure: Heb. stand
Song of Solomon1 verse
Isaiah7 verses
And the idols he shall utterly abolish. he: or, shall utterly pass away
Isaiah 8:8And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. stretching: Heb. fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings
Isaiah 9:10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 24:5The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. renew: Heb. change
Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H2498 (châlaph) mean?
properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
How many times does H2498 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H2498 (חָלַף) appears in 27 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “changed.”
How is châlaph translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H2498 is rendered as “changed” (6×), “change” (4×), “on” (2×), “pass” (2×), among other words.
Where does the Hebrew word חָלַף come from?
a primitive root;