Strong H2342H2342Hחוּל

to twist: give birth

One of the 6 senses of Strong H2342

Transliteration
chûl chîyl
Pronunciation
{khool} kheel
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

: give_birth
1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dance
1a2) to twist, writhe
1a3) to whirl, whirl about
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to dance
1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
1b3) to wait anxiously
1c) (Pulal)
1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear
1c2) to be brought forth
1d) (Hophal) to be born
1e) (Hithpolel)
1e1) whirling (participle)
1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle)
1e3) to wait longingly
1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

General definition

A primitive root; properly to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral {manner}) that {is} (specifically) to {dance} to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively to {wait} to pervert: - {bear} (make to) bring {forth} (make to) {calve} {dance} drive {away} fall grievously (with {pain}) {fear} {form} {great} {grieve} (be) {grievous} {hope} {look} {make} be in {pain} be much (sore) {pained} {rest} {shake} {shapen} (be) sorrow ({-ful}) {stay} {tarry} travail (with {pain}) {tremble} {trust} wait carefully ({patiently}) be wounded.

In the Bible

Strong H2342H appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bring2
  • form2
  • bare1
  • do1
  • driveth1
  • make1
  • shapen1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 32:18
    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
  2. Job 15:7
    Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
  3. Job 39:1
    Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
  4. Psalms 51:5
    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
  5. Psalms 90:2
    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
  6. Proverbs 8:24
    When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
  7. Proverbs 8:25
    Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
  8. Proverbs 25:23
    The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
  9. Isaiah 51:2
    Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
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