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חוּל H2342
H2342 is the Hebrew word חוּל, transliterated chûwl and said khool. The King James Version most often renders it pain.
What it means
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.
Where it comes from
or חִיל; a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of 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.
Verses using חוּל
The first 40 of 51 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 8:10 · KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Deuteronomy 2:25 · KJV
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Judges 3:25 · KJV
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
Judges 21:21 · KJV
And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
Judges 21:23 · KJV
And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel 31:3 · KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
2 Samuel 3:29 · KJV
Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
1 Chronicles 10:3 · KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
1 Chronicles 16:30 · KJV
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Esther 4:4 · KJV
So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
Job 15:7 · KJV
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Job 15:20 · KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 20:21 · KJV
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Job 26:5 · KJV
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Job 26:13 · KJV
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Psalm 10:5 · KJV
His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalm 29:8 · KJV
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalm 29:9 · KJV
The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Psalm 37:7 · KJV
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psalm 51:5 · KJV
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 55:4 · KJV
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalm 77:16 · KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalm 90:2 · KJV
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalm 96:9 · KJV
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Psalm 114:7 · KJV
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Proverbs 8:24 · KJV
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proverbs 25:23 · KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Proverbs 26:10 · KJV
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Isaiah 13:8 · KJV
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah 23:4 · KJV
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Isaiah 23:5 · KJV
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 26:17 · KJV
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:18 · KJV
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isaiah 51:2 · KJV
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Isaiah 54:1 · KJV
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:7 · KJV
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Isaiah 66:8 · KJV
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Jeremiah 4:19 · KJV
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 5:3 · KJV
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 5:22 · KJV
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Common questions
What does Strong's H2342 mean?
H2342 is the Hebrew word חוּל (chûwl), meaning 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.
How is H2342 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it pain (5 times), wounded (2 times), fear (2 times), grieved (2 times), shaketh (2 times), among others.
How many times does H2342 appear in the Bible?
חוּל (chûwl) is tagged in 51 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2342 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or חִיל; a primitive root.
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