חָלַץ
cha.lats
“to rescue”
Definition
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
a primitive root;
- to draw off or out, withdraw 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw, draw off 1a2) to withdraw 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be delivered 1b2) to be saved 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to pull out, tear out 1c2) to rescue, deliver, set free 1c3) to take away, plunder
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Occurrences
חָלַץ appears 34 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
and next to him, Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 armed for battle.
At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
About 40,000 troops armed for battle crossed over before the LORD into the plains of Jericho.
If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,
But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”
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