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הָלַם H1986
H1986 is the Hebrew word הָלַם, transliterated hâlam and said haw-lam'. The King James Version most often renders it broken.
What it means
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Verses using הָלַם
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
Judges 5:22 · KJV
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
Judges 5:26 · KJV
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
1 Samuel 14:16 · KJV
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
Psalm 74:6 · KJV
But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalm 141:5 · KJV
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Proverbs 23:35 · KJV
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Isaiah 16:8 · KJV
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah 28:1 · KJV
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 41:7 · KJV
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1986 mean?
H1986 is the Hebrew word הָלַם (hâlam), meaning to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband.
How is H1986 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it broken (1 time), hammer she smote (1 time), beating down (1 time), now they break down (1 time), smite (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1986 appear in the Bible?
הָלַם (hâlam) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1986 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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