חַלְחָלָה
chalchâlâh · H2479 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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trembling, distress or anguish
A state of strong fear and distress, compared to the state of mind of a woman in labor and often accompanied by physical effects such as writhing and trembling
ExamplesIsaiah 21:3 For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.
Ezekiel 30:4 “A sword will come upon Egypt, And there will be trembling in Cush; When the slain fall in Egypt, They will take away her wealth, And her foundations will be torn down.
Ezekiel 30:9 “On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten carefree Cush; and trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מֹתֶןloins, waist 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- צִיר tsîyr · H6735 · image, messenger, envoy
- Hebrew noun denoting acute pain, particularly the pangs associated with childbirth; semantically overlaps with חַלְחָלָה in contexts of intense physical anguish
- כְּאֵב kᵉʼêb · H3511 · wound, grief
- Hebrew noun for pain or anguish; a general term for suffering that could substitute for חַלְחָלָה in many contexts of distress
- מַכְאֹב makʼôb · H4341 · pain, sorrow, grief
- Hebrew noun denoting pain or grief; semantically close to חַלְחָלָה as a term for intense suffering
In the other Testament 2 words
- ὠδίν ōdín · G5604 · to have birth pains, birth pains, to suffer greatly
- Greek noun denoting severe pain, especially birth pangs or intense suffering; a natural translation equivalent for Hebrew חַלְחָלָה when rendering contexts of anguish and distress
- πόνος pónos · G4192 · pain, suffering, hard work
- Greek noun for pain or suffering; a direct semantic equivalent that translators could use for the sense of physical or emotional anguish conveyed by חַלְחָלָה
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Afraid002001002001
- The noun names an anguished, trembling terror, as "anguish has gripped" the prophet at the vision of Babylon's fall (Isaiah 21:3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2479. chalchalah חַלְחָלָה noun feminine anguish, ח מָתְנַי ׳מָֽלְאוּ Isa 21:3, ׳ח מתנים…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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