Strong H2477חֲלַח
Halah
- Transliteration
- chălach
- Pronunciation
- khal-akh'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Probably of foreign origin;
{Chalach} a region of Assyria: - Halah.
{Chalach} a region of Assyria: - Halah.
Meaning of the name
Halah = "painful"
Detailed definition
Halah was one of the places where the Assyrians settled the exiled Israelites after conquering the Northern Kingdom.
In the biblical story
Halah
A place where Israelites were exiled by the Assyrians.
Halah was one of the places where the Assyrians settled the exiled Israelites after conquering the Northern Kingdom.
In the Bible
Strong H2477 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- halah3
First verses
- 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
- 1 Chronicles 5:26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.