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חוּל

chulto twist: trembleHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb60 occurrences19 books56 verses

Definition

or חִיל; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
Traditional renderings: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חוּל:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

60 total
  1. Genesis 8:10וַיָּ֣חֶל · [Noah] waited
    Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
  2. Deuteronomy 2:25וְחָל֖וּ · in anguish
    This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”
  3. Deuteronomy 32:18מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ׃ · who gave you birth
    You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
  4. Judges 3:25וַיָּחִ֣ילוּ · So they waited
    So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
  5. Judges 21:21לָח֣וּל · to perform
    …and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
  6. Judges 21:23הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת · the dancers
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  7. 1 Samuel 31:3וַיָּ֥חֶל · and wounded him
    When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
  8. 2 Samuel 3:29יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ · May it whirl
    May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
  9. 1 Chronicles 10:3וַיָּ֖חֶל · and wounded him
    When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
  10. 1 Chronicles 16:30חִ֤ילוּ · tremble
    …tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  11. Esther 4:4וַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל · was overcome with distress
    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
  12. Job 15:7חוֹלָֽלְתָּ׃ · Were you brought forth
    Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
  13. Job 15:20מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל · man writhes in pain
    A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
  14. Job 20:21יָחִ֥יל · endure
    Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
  15. Job 26:5יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ · tremble
    The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
  16. Job 35:14וּתְח֥וֹלֵֽל · and you must wait
    How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
  17. Job 39:1חֹלֵ֖ל · bear her fawn
    “Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the doe bear her fawn?
  18. Psalm 10:5יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ · He is secure
    He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
  19. Psalm 29:8יָחִ֣יל · shakes; יָחִ֥יל · shakes
    The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
  20. Psalm 29:9יְחוֹלֵ֣ל · twists
    The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”
  21. Psalm 37:7וְהִתְח֪וֹלֵ֫ל · and wait patiently
    Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
  22. Psalm 51:5חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי · I was brought forth
    Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
  23. Psalm 55:4יָחִ֣יל · pounds
    My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
  24. Psalm 77:16יָחִ֑ילוּ · and swirled
    The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken.
  25. Psalm 87:7כְּחֹלְלִ֑ים · and pipers [will proclaim]
    Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”
  26. Psalm 90:2וַתְּח֣וֹלֵֽל · or You brought forth
    Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
  27. Psalm 96:9חִ֥ילוּ · tremble
    Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.
  28. Psalm 97:4וַתָּחֵ֣ל · and trembles
    His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  29. Psalm 114:7ח֣וּלִי · Tremble
    Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
  30. Proverbs 8:24חוֹלָ֑לְתִּי · I was brought forth
    When there were no watery depths, I was brought forth, when no springs were overflowing with water.
  31. Proverbs 8:25חוֹלָֽלְתִּי׃ · I was brought forth
    Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,
  32. Proverbs 25:23תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל · brings forth
    As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
  33. Isaiah 13:8יְחִיל֑וּן · they will writhe
    Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
  34. Isaiah 23:4חַ֣לְתִּי · been in labor
    Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
  35. Isaiah 23:5יָחִ֖ילוּ · they will writhe in agony
    When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.
  36. Isaiah 26:17תָּחִ֥יל · writhes
    As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD.
  37. Isaiah 26:18חַ֔לְנוּ · we writhed in pain
    We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
  38. Isaiah 45:10תְּחִילִֽין׃ס · have you brought forth
    Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
  39. Isaiah 51:2תְּחוֹלֶלְכֶ֑ם · who gave you birth
    Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.
  40. Isaiah 54:1חָ֔לָה · travailed
    “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
  41. Isaiah 66:7תָּחִ֖יל · she was in labor
    “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.
  42. Isaiah 66:8הֲי֤וּחַל · be born; חָ֛לָה · was in labor
    Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.
  43. Jeremiah 4:19אָחוּלָה · I writhe in pain
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  44. Jeremiah 5:3חָ֔לוּ · pain
    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  45. Jeremiah 5:22תָחִ֔ילוּ · tremble
    Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
  46. Jeremiah 23:19מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל · a whirlwind; יָחֽוּל׃ · swirling down
    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
  47. Jeremiah 30:23יָחֽוּל׃ · swirling down
    Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.