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Strong's H2342 חוּל (chul)

Chul means “dance” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2342 — therion (“dangerous animal”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2342
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 56
Books 19

Strong's H2342 Quick Answer

Strong's H2342 חוּל חִיל (chuwl) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chuwl (khool) (or chiyl {kheel}) v. 1. (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 2. (figuratively) to wait, to pervert It has 56 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include pain, pained, and dance. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chuwl (khool) (or chiyl {kheel}) v. 1. (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 2. (figuratively) to wait, to pervert
Usage
56 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
pain, pained, and dance

Meaning and Definition

chuwl (khool) (or chiyl {kheel}) v. 1. (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 2.

(figuratively) to wait, to pervert [a primitive root] KJV: 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.

Original Word
חוּל חִיל
Transliteration
chuwl
Derivation
Root: חול חיל
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2342. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to twist: tremble

Usage: : 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

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How Strong's H2342 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chuwl, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

pain Job 15:20 pained Psalms 55:4 dance Judges 21:21

How Strong's H2342 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 56 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2342 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2342 in the Old Testament

56 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 8:10 KJV

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

Deuteronomy 2:25 KJV

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 KJV

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

Usage Excerpts

First 56 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2342.

Genesis 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
Deuteronomy 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Judges 3:25 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
2 Samuel 3:29 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
1 Chronicles 16:30 Old Testament, KJV
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
Esther 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
Job 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 20:21 Old Testament, KJV
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Job 26:5 Old Testament, KJV
Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
Job 35:14 Old Testament, KJV
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Job 39:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms 29:9 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms 55:4 Old Testament, KJV
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms 77:16 Old Testament, KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
Psalms 90:2 Old Testament, KJV
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 96:9 Old Testament, KJV
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.
Psalms 97:4 Old Testament, KJV
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Psalms 114:7 Old Testament, KJV
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Proverbs 8:24 Old Testament, KJV
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proverbs 8:25 Old Testament, KJV
Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Proverbs 25:23 Old Testament, KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Proverbs 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Isaiah 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
Isaiah 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins.
Isaiah 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre.
Isaiah 26:17 Old Testament, KJV
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Isaiah 45:10 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?
Isaiah 51:2 Old Testament, KJV
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
Isaiah 54:1 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:7 Old Testament, KJV
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
Isaiah 66:8 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
Jeremiah 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 5:3 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 5:22 Old Testament, KJV
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Jeremiah 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 30:23 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.
Jeremiah 51:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.
Lamentations 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations 4:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
Ezekiel 30:16 Old Testament, KJV
And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.
Hosea 11:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Joel 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Micah 4:10 Old Testament, KJV
Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Habakkuk 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
Zechariah 9:5 Old Testament, KJV
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2342, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 10 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2342 FAQ

What does chul (חוּל) mean?

Chul (Strong's H2342) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "dance". chuwl (khool) (or chiyl {kheel}) v. 1. (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 2. (figuratively) to wait, to pervert

How many times is chul (חוּל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 56 linked usages for Strong's H2342 across 19 books.

Where can I study chul (חוּל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2342 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chul (חוּל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as pain, pained, and dance. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.