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HebrewH2485Noun (Masculine)

חָלִיל

cha.lil

5Occurrences
H2485Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a flute (as perforated)

from H2490 (חָלַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
pipe, flute

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חָלִיל appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
2
1 Kings
1
1 Samuel
1
Jeremiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 1:40BSB

All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

1 Samuel 10:5BSB

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

Isaiah 30:29BSB

You will singas on the night of a holy festival,and your heart will rejoicelike one who walks to the music of a flute,going up to the mountain of the LORD,to the Rock of Israel.

Isaiah 5:12BSB

At their feasts are the lyre and harp,tambourines and flutes and wine.They disregard the actions of the LORDand fail to see the work of His hands.

Jeremiah 48:36BSB

Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab;it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres,because the wealth they acquired has perished.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.