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חָלָה
châlâh · Hebrew · Strong's H2470 · 75 occurrences
The KJV renders 19 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sore”
What it means
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
a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));
How the KJV renders it
beseech, diseased, grief, be grieved, grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, make prayer, be fall, make sick, sore, be sorry, woman in travail, be weak, be wounded
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sore”
also renders
hélkos (G1668), hikanós (G2425), kakōs (G2560), sphódra (G4970), lían (G3029), polýs (G4183), châzâq (H2389), yâçar (H3256), kâbêd (H3515), kâçaph (H3700), mᵉʼôd (H3966), maʻal (H4604), mârats (H4834), tsûwd (H6679), qâsheh (H7186), râbâh (H7235), raʻ (H7451), saggîyʼ (H7690)“grievous”
also renders oknērós (G3636), ponērós (G4190), barýs (G926), lýpē (G3077), chûwl (H2342), kâbêd (H3515), mârats (H4834), ʻetseb (H6089), qâsheh (H7186)
“grief”
also renders
lýpē (G3077), chŏlîy (H2483), yâgôwn (H3015), kᵉʼêb (H3511), kaʻaç (H3708), makʼôb (H4341), môrâh (H4786), raʻ (H7451)“infirmity”
also renders
asthénēma (G771), asthéneia (G769), nósos (G3554), dâvâh (H1738), machăleh (H4245)“beseech”
also renders
déomai (G1189), parakaléō (G3870), erōtáō (G2065), chânan (H2603)“intreat”
also renders
parakaléō (G3870), erōtáō (G2065), paraitéomai (G3868), chânan (H2603)“be grieved”
also renders syllypéō (G4818), diaponéō (G1278), Kârâʼ (H3735)
“be weak”
also renders ʼâmal (H535), kâshal (H3782)
“be wounded”
also renders
bâtsaʻ (H1214), chûwl (H2342)Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
75 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Kings 13:6 · HC/Vpw3ms
The king answered the man of God, “Now intercede for the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” The man of God interceded with Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and became as it was before.
1 Kings 14:1 · HVqp3ms
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
1 Kings 14:5 · HVqrmsa
Yahweh said to Ahijah, “Behold, Jeroboam’s wife is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Tell her such and such; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”
1 Kings 15:23 · HVqp3ms
Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
1 Kings 17:17 · HVqp3ms
After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
1 Kings 22:34 · HVHp1cs
A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around, and carry me out of the battle, for I am severely wounded.”
1 Samuel 13:12 HVpp1cs1 Samuel 19:14 HVqrmsa1 Samuel 22:8 HVqrmsa1 Samuel 30:13 HVqp1cs2 Chronicles 18:33 HVHp1cs2 Chronicles 22:6 HVqrmsa2 Chronicles 32:24 HVqp3ms2 Chronicles 33:12 HVpp3ms2 Chronicles 35:23 HVHp1cs2 Kings 1:2 HC/Vqw3ms2 Kings 8:7 HVqrmsa2 Kings 8:29 HVqrmsa2 Kings 13:4 HC/Vpw3ms2 Kings 13:14 HVqp3ms2 Kings 20:1 HVqp3ms2 Kings 20:12 HVqp3ms2 Samuel 13:2 HR/Vtc2 Samuel 13:5 HC/Vtv2ms2 Samuel 13:6 HC/Vtw3msAmos 6:6 HVNp3cpDaniel 8:27 HC/VNp1csDaniel 9:13 HVpp1cpDeuteronomy 29:22 HVpp3msEcclesiastes 5:13 HVqrfsaEcclesiastes 5:16 HVqrfsaExodus 32:11 HC/Vpw3msEzekiel 34:4 HTd/VNsfpaEzekiel 34:16 HTd/VqrfsaEzekiel 34:21 HTd/VNsfpaGenesis 48:1 HVqrmsaHosea 7:5 HVhp3cpIsaiah 14:10 HVPp2msIsaiah 17:11 HVNrfsaIsaiah 33:24 HVqp1csIsaiah 38:1 HVqp3msIsaiah 38:9 HR/Vqc/Sp3msIsaiah 39:1 HVqp3msIsaiah 53:10 HVhp3msIsaiah 57:10 HVqp2fsJudges 16:7 HC/Vqp1csJudges 16:11 HC/Vqp1csJudges 16:17 HC/Vqp1csJeremiah 4:31 HR/VqrfsaJeremiah 10:19 HVNrfsaJeremiah 12:13 HVNp3cpJeremiah 14:17 HVNrfsaJeremiah 26:19 HC/Vpw3msJeremiah 30:12 HVNrfsaJob 11:19 HC/Vpq3cpMalachi 1:8 HC/VqrmsaMalachi 1:9 HVpv2mpMalachi 1:13 HTd/VqrmsaMicah 6:13 HVhp1csNahum 3:19 HVNsfsa
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