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Strong’s Concordance H2470
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chalah
- Pronunciation
- khaw-law'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2470
- Brief meaning
- Properly, to be rubbed or worn, hence to be weak, sick, afflicted
- Source renderings
- beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded
- Root word
- a primitive root (compare H2342, 2470, 2490)
- Full definition from the source
- Properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat. Root word: a primitive root (compare H2342, 2470, 2490).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H2342, H2470, H2490
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
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02470\ 2470 chalah khaw-law' a primitive root (compare 2342, 2470, 2490); properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat:--beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, X pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit (X supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded. see HEBREW for 02342 see HEBREW for 02470 see HEBREW for 02490