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Strong H24905 sensesחָלַל

to profane/begin: profane · to profane/begin: begin · to bore · to profane/begin: fruit · to play flute

Transliteration
châlal
Pronunciation
khaw-lal'

The 5 senses of Strong H2490

The lexicon tells 5 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2490 appears in 131 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to profane/begin: profaneH2490H: profane71 verses · 15 books
  2. to profane/begin: beginH2490C: begin50 verses · 16 books
  3. to boreH2490Ato wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore5 verses · Psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel
  4. to profane/begin: fruitH2490I: fruit3 verses · Deuteronomy, Jeremiah
  5. to play fluteH2490B(Piel) to play the flute or pipe2 verses · 1 Kings, Psalms

General definition

A primitive root (compare H2470); properly to {bore} that {is} (by implication) to {wound} to dissolve; figuratively to profane (a {person} place or {thing}) to break (one´ s {word}) to begin (as if by an opening-wedge); denominatively (from H2485) to play (the flute): - begin (X men {began}) {defile} X {break} {defile} X eat (as common {things}) X {first} X gather the grape {thereof} X take {inheritance} {pipe} player on {instruments} {pollute} (cast as) profane ({self}) {prostitute} slay ({slain}) {sorrow} {stain} wound.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • begin48
  • profane30
  • pollute10
  • defile7
  • break4
  • polluted4
  • have3
  • should3
  • wound3
  • thou3
  • profaned2
  • be1

First verses

  1. Genesis 4:26
    And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord.
  2. Genesis 6:1
    And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
  3. Genesis 9:20
    And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
  4. Genesis 10:8
    And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
  5. Genesis 11:6
    And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
  6. Genesis 41:54
    And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
  7. Genesis 44:12
    And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
  8. Genesis 49:4
    Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
  9. Exodus 20:25
    And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
  10. Exodus 31:14
    Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
  11. Leviticus 18:21
    And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
  12. Leviticus 19:8
    Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
  13. Leviticus 19:12
    And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
  14. Leviticus 19:29
    Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.
  15. Leviticus 20:3
    And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
  16. Leviticus 21:4
    But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
  17. Leviticus 21:6
    They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
  18. Leviticus 21:9
    And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
  19. Leviticus 21:12
    Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the Lord.
  20. Leviticus 21:15
    Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.