חוּלchûwl
חוּל: whirl, dance, writhe
Pronunciation: khool · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2342
Meanings
Qal: above (Micah 1:12; Hosea 11:6; Isaiah 23:4)
1. dance (Judges 21:21)
2. twist, writhe
a. id. (Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 45:10; Isaiah 23:4)
b. be in severe pain, anguish (Deuteronomy 2:25; Ezekiel 30:16; Psalms 96:9)
3. whirl, whirl about (2 Samuel 3:29; Hosea 11:6; Lamentations 4:6)
Po`lel.
1. dance (Judges 21:23; 1 Samuel 18:6; Psalms 87:7)
2. writhe in travail with, bear, bring forth (poetry) (Isaiah 51:2; Job 39:1; Psalms 29:9)
3. wait anxiously, (compare Qal 2.d.) (Job 35:14)
Po`lal.
1. be made to writhe (Job 26:5)
2. be brought forth (Job 15:7; Psalms 51:7; Proverbs 8:24)
Hiph`il: cause to be an anguish (Psalms 29:8)
Hoph`al: be born (Isaiah 66:8)
Hithpo`el
1. whirling (Jeremiah 23:19; Jeremiah 30:23)
2. writhing, suffering torture (Job 15:20)
3. wait longingly (Psalms 37:7)
Hithpalpel: and she writhed (Esther 4:4)
חול: be firm, strong
Qal: his prosperity is not firm, his ways are always firm (Job 20:21; Psalms 10:5)
Same root
- חֲוִילָהChăvîylâh · H2341Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men
- חוּלChûwl · H2343Chul, a son of Aram; also the region settled by him
- חוֹלchôwl · H2344sand (as round or whirling particles)
- חִילchîyl · H2427a throe (expectant of childbirth)
- חַיִלchayil · H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
- חָלָהchâlâh · H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
- חַלְחוּלChalchûwl · H2478Chalchul, a place in Palestine
- מָחוֹלmâchôwl · H4234a (round) dance
Where it appears
Appears 58 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 8:10 After waiting another seven days, Noah released the dove again.
- Deuteronomy 2:25 Beginning today I will make people throughout the earth terrified because of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.’”
- Deuteronomy 32:18 You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.
- Judges 3:25 so they waited. But when the king didn’t come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.
- Judges 21:21 When you see the young women of Shiloh come out for their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them home to the land of Benjamin to be your wife!
- Judges 21:23 So the men of Benjamin did as they were told. Each man caught one of the women as she danced in the celebration and carried her off to be his wife. They returned to their own land, and they rebuilt their towns and lived in them.
See every passage
- Genesis 8:10
- Deuteronomy 2:25, 32:18
- Judges 3:25, 21:21, 21:23
- 1 Samuel 31:3
- 2 Samuel 3:29
- 1 Chronicles 10:3, 16:30
- Esther 4:4
- Job 15:7, 15:20, 20:21, 26:5, 35:14, 39:1
- Psalms 10:5, 29:8, 29:9, 37:7, 51:5, 55:4, 77:16, 90:2, 96:9, 97:4, 114:7
- Proverbs 8:24, 8:25, 25:23
- Isaiah 13:8, 23:4, 23:5, 26:17, 26:18, 45:10, 51:2, 54:1, 66:7, 66:8
- Jeremiah 5:3, 5:22, 23:19, 30:23, 51:29
- Lamentations 4:6
- Ezekiel 30:16
- Hosea 11:6
- Joel 2:6
- Micah 1:12, 4:10
- Habakkuk 3:10
- Zechariah 9:5
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).