חֹלchôl

Same root

• חָלַלchâlal · H2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Leviticus 10:10 You must distinguish between what is sacred and what is common, between what is ceremonially unclean and what is clean.
• 1 Samuel 21:4 “We don’t have any regular bread,” the priest replied. “But there is the holy bread, which you can have if your young men have not slept with any women recently.”
• 1 Samuel 21:5 “Don’t worry,” David replied. “I never allow my men to be with women when we are on a campaign. And since they stay clean even on ordinary trips, how much more on this one!”
• Ezekiel 22:26 Your priests have violated my instructions and defiled my holy things. They make no distinction between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that I am dishonored among them.
• Ezekiel 42:20 So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.
• Ezekiel 44:23 They will teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is common, what is ceremonially clean and unclean.