H2477: חֲלַח
Chălach · pronounced khal-akh' · “Halah”
Definition
Chalach, a region of Assyria
KJV translates it as: Halah.
Word origin: probably of foreign origin;
Extended definition
a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2477 is translated
- halah ×3
Bible verses with H2477 (Chălach)
Chălach appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:11
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
- 1 Chronicles 5:26
And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.