Strong's H2498 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: חָלַף (châlaph)

Pronunciation: khaw-laf'

POS: khaw-laf' Morph: v

Exegesis: a primitive root;

Definition: a primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change; abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

KJV Usage: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. 1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from
• 2. 1a) (Qal)
• 3. 1a1) to pass on quickly
• 4. 1a2) to pass away (vanish)
• 5. 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass)
• 6. 1a4) to pass through
• 7. 1a5) to overstep, transgress
• 8. 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change
• 9. 1c) (Hiph)
• 10. 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
• 11. 1c2) to show newness (of tree)

Cross References[edit | edit source]

• GREEK G236
• GREEK G565
• GREEK G851
• GREEK G1330
• GREEK G1667
• GREEK G1904
• GREEK G2690
• GREEK G3328
• GREEK G3884
• GREEK G3928

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