Strong's Hebrew · H2342
H2342 chûwl
חוּל
khool
to twist
Looking for Greek G2342 thēríon? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H2342. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
chûwl appears 60 times in Scripture, including Genesis 8:10 and Deuteronomy 2:25. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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
In the King James Version
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.
Derivation
or חִיל; a primitive root;
Appears 60 times in Scripture
“This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.””
“When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.”
“The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.”
“May it whirl over the head of Joab and over the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.””
“Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.”
“and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.”
“You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.”
““Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.”
“So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened the doors—and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.”
“Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
