Definition
from H2490; properly, exposed; hence, profane
Traditional renderings: common, profane (place), unholy.
Traditional renderings: common, profane (place), unholy.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֹל:
- βέβηλοςbebēlos“profane”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Leviticus 10:10הַחֹ֑ל · and the commonYou must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,
- 1 Samuel 21:4חֹ֖ל · common“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
- 1 Samuel 21:5חֹ֔ל · on commonDavid answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
- Ezekiel 22:26לְחֹל֙ · and the commonHer priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 42:20לְחֹֽל׃ · from the commonSo he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
- Ezekiel 44:23לְחֹ֑ל · and the commonThey are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
- Ezekiel 48:15חֹֽל־ · will be for common useThe remaining area, 5,000 cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, will be for common use by the city, for houses, and for pastureland. The city will be in the center of it