חָלַף

cha.laphto passHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb28 occurrences10 books27 verses

Definition

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

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

28 total
  1. Genesis 31:7וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף · and changed
    And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
  2. Genesis 31:41וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ף · and you have changed
    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
  3. Genesis 35:2וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ · and change
    So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
  4. Genesis 41:14וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף · and changed
    So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
  5. Leviticus 27:10יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּ · replace it
    He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
  6. Judges 5:26וְחָלְפָ֖ה · and pierced
    She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
  7. 1 Samuel 10:3וְחָלַפְתָּ֨ · Then you will go
    Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
  8. 2 Samuel 12:20וַיְחַלֵּף֙ · changed
    Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.
  9. Job 4:15יַחֲלֹ֑ף · glided
    Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.
  10. Job 9:11וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף · were He to move
    Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
  11. Job 9:26חָ֭לְפוּ · They sweep by
    They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
  12. Job 11:10יַחֲלֹ֥ף · He comes along
    If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
  13. Job 14:7יַחֲלִ֑יף · it will sprout
    For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
  14. Job 20:24תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ · will pierce him
    Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
  15. Job 29:20תַחֲלִֽיף׃ · is renewed
    My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
  16. Psalm 90:5יַחֲלֹֽף׃
    You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
  17. Psalm 90:6וְחָלָ֑ף · new
    …in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
  18. Psalm 102:26תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם · You will change them; וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃ · and they will be passed on
    They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
  19. Song of Solomon 2:11חָלַ֖ף · is over
    For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
  20. Isaiah 2:18יַחֲלֹֽף׃ · will vanish
    …and the idols will vanish completely.
  21. Isaiah 8:8וְחָלַ֤ף · It will pour
    It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
  22. Isaiah 9:10נַחֲלִֽיף׃ · but we will replace them
    “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
  23. Isaiah 21:1לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף · sweeping
    This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
  24. Isaiah 24:5חָ֣לְפוּ · they have overstepped
    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
  25. Isaiah 40:31יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ · will renew
    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
  26. Isaiah 41:1יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ · renew
    “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
  27. Habakkuk 1:11חָלַ֥ף · they sweep by
    Then they sweep by like the wind and pass through. They are guilty; their own strength is their god.”