Strong's Concordance H2490

Original Word: חָלַל
Transliteration: châlal
Phonetic Spelling: khaw-lal'
a primitive root (compare H2470); also denominative (from H2485); properly, 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); begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Usages throughout the bible

Genesis 4:26 - And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men H2490 to call upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 6:1 - And it came to pass, when men began H2490 to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 9:20 - And Noah began H2490 to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:

Genesis 10:8 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began H2490 to be a mighty one in the earth.

Genesis 11:6 - And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin H2490 to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Genesis 41:54 - And the seven years of dearth began H2490 to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Genesis 44:12 - And he searched, and began H2490 at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Genesis 49:4 - Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou H2490 it: he went up to my couch.

Exodus 20:25 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted H2490 it.

Exodus 31:14 - Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth H2490 it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 18:21 - And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane H2490 the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:8 - Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned H2490 the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

Leviticus 19:12 - And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane H2490 the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:29 - Do not prostitute H2490 thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Leviticus 20:3 - And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane H2490 my holy name.

Leviticus 21:4 - But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane H2490 himself.

Leviticus 21:6 - They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane H2490 the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

Leviticus 21:9 - And the daughter of any priest, if she profane H2490 herself by playing the whore, she profaneth H2490 her father: she shall be burnt with fire.

Leviticus 21:12 - Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane H2490 the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 21:15 - Neither shall he profane H2490 his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.

Leviticus 21:23 - Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane H2490 not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 22:2 - Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane H2490 not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 22:9 - They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane H2490 it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Leviticus 22:15 - And they shall not profane H2490 the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

Leviticus 22:32 - Neither shall ye profane H2490 my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

Numbers 16:46 - And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. H2490

Numbers 16:47 - And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun H2490 among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

Numbers 18:32 - And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute H2490 the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Numbers 25:1 - And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began H2490 to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Numbers 30:2 - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break H2490 his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Deuteronomy 2:24 - Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin H2490 to possess it, and contend with him in battle.

Deuteronomy 2:25 - This day will I begin H2490 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 2:31 - And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun H2490 to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin H2490 to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.

Deuteronomy 3:24 - O Lord GOD, thou hast begun H2490 to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

Deuteronomy 16:9 - Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin H2490 to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest H2490 to put the sickle to the corn.

Deuteronomy 20:6 - And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten H2490 of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat H2490 of it.

Deuteronomy 28:30 - Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes H2490 thereof.

Joshua 3:7 - And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin H2490 to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.

Judges 10:18 - And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin H2490 to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

Judges 13:5 - For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin H2490 to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Judges 13:25 - And the Spirit of the LORD began H2490 to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Judges 16:19 - And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began H2490 to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

Judges 16:22 - Howbeit the hair of his head began H2490 to grow again after he was shaven.

Judges 20:31 - And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began H2490 to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

Judges 20:39 - And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began H2490 to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

Judges 20:40 - But when the flame began H2490 to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven.

1 Samuel 3:2 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began H2490 to wax dim, that he could not see;

1 Samuel 3:12 - In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, H2490 I will also make an end.

1 Samuel 14:35 - And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first H2490 altar that he built unto the LORD.

1 Samuel 22:15 - Did I then begin H2490 to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.