Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2342: חוּל

chûwl · pronounced khool · “to twist: tremble”

Definition

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

KJV translates it as: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

Word origin: or חִיל; a primitive root;

Extended definition

: tremble/fear
1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to dance
1a2) to twist, writhe
1a3) to whirl, whirl about
1b) (Polel)
1b1) to dance
1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth
1b3) to wait anxiously
1c) (Pulal)
1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear
1c2) to be brought forth
1d) (Hophal) to be born
1e) (Hithpolel)
1e1) whirling (participle)
1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle)
1e3) to wait longingly
1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2342 is translated

  • tremble ×3
  • i was brought forth ×3
  • you ×2
  • they writhed ×2
  • he was in severe pain ×2
  • ! ×2
  • she was in labor ×2
  • it will whirl about ×2
  • he waited ×1
  • they will be in anguish ×1
  • dance ×1
  • dancers ×1

Bible verses with H2342 (chûwl)

Chûwl appears in 54 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 8:10

    And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

  • Deuteronomy 2:25

    This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  • Judges 3:25

    And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.

  • Judges 21:21

    And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

  • Judges 21:23

    And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

  • 1 Samuel 31:3

    And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

  • 2 Samuel 3:29

    Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

  • 1 Chronicles 10:3

    And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:30

    Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

  • Esther 4:4

    So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

  • Job 15:7

    Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

  • Job 15:20

    The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

  • Job 20:21

    There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

  • Job 26:5

    Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.

  • Job 35:14

    Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

  • Job 39:1

    Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

  • Psalms 10:5

    His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

  • Psalms 29:8

    The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

  • Psalms 29:9

    The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.

  • Psalms 37:7

    Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

  • Psalms 51:5

    Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  • Psalms 55:4

    My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

  • Psalms 77:16

    The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

  • Psalms 90:2

    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

All 54 references

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