חֲלִיפָהchălîyphâh

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Pronunciation: khal-ee-faw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2487

Meanings

a change

1. change (Genesis 45:22; Judges 14:12; Judges 14:13)

2. relays (1 Kings 5:28; Job 10:17)

3. relief (Job 14:14)

4. changing, varying (Psalms 55:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 45:22 And he gave each of them new clothes—but to Benjamin he gave five changes of clothes and 300 pieces of silver.
  • Judges 14:12 Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle. If you solve my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give you thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.
  • Judges 14:13 But if you can’t solve it, then you must give me thirty fine linen robes and thirty sets of festive clothing.” “All right,” they agreed, “let’s hear your riddle.”
  • Judges 14:19 Then the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him. He went down to the town of Ashkelon, killed thirty men, took their belongings, and gave their clothing to the men who had solved his riddle. But Samson was furious about what had happened, and he went back home to live with his father and mother.
  • 1 Kings 5:14 He sent them to Lebanon in shifts, 10,000 every month, so that each man would be one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of this labor force.
  • 2 Kings 5:5 “Go and visit the prophet,” the king of Aram told him. “I will send a letter of introduction for you to take to the king of Israel.” So Naaman started out, carrying as gifts 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
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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).