מַחֲלֶהmachăleh

Meanings

Same root

• 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

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 15:26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
• Exodus 23:25 “You must serve only the Lord your God. If you do, I will bless you with food and water, and I will protect you from illness.
• 1 Kings 8:37 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—
• 2 Chronicles 6:28 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies are in the land besieging their towns—whatever disaster or disease there is—
• 2 Chronicles 21:15 You yourself will suffer with a severe intestinal disease that will get worse each day until your bowels come out.”
• Proverbs 18:14 The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?