Strong's Hebrew · H2504

חָלָץ

châlâts · khaw-lawts'

loins, reins.

Definition

the loins (as the seat of vigor)

Derivation

from H2502 (חָלַץ) (in the sense of strength); only in the dual;

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Isaiah 5:27

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

Jeremiah 30:6

Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale?

Job 31:20

if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,

1 Kings 8:19

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

Isaiah 11:5

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

Genesis 35:11

And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.

Job 40:7

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

2 Chronicles 6:9

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

Job 38:3

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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