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Strong's H2498 חָלַף (chalaph)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2498 — iosaphat (“Josaphat”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2498
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 27
Books 10

Strong's H2498 Quick Answer

Strong's H2498 חָלַף (chalaph) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chalaph (khaw-laf') v. 1. (properly) to slide by 2. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change It has 27 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include change, changed, cut, pass, and away. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chalaph (khaw-laf') v. 1. (properly) to slide by 2. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
Usage
27 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
change, changed, cut, pass, and away

Meaning and Definition

chalaph (khaw-laf') v. 1. (properly) to slide by 2. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change [a primitive root] KJV: abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

Original Word
חָלַף
Transliteration
chalaph
Derivation
Root: חלף
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2498. 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 pass

Usage: 1) to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pass on quickly 1a2) to pass away (vanish) 1a3) to come on anew, sprout again (of grass) 1a4) to pass through 1a5) to overstep, transgress 1b) (Piel) to cause to pass, change 1c) (Hiph) 1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew 1c2) to show newness (of tree) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laph (חֲלַף "to pass" H2499)

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How Strong's H2498 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chalaph, 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.

change Genesis 35:2 changed Genesis 31:7 cut Job 11:10 pass Isaiah 8:8 away Job 9:26 abolish Isaiah 2:18 off Judges 5:26

How Strong's H2498 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 27 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2498 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 H2498 in the Old Testament

27 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:7 KJV

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Genesis 31:41 KJV

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 35:2 KJV

Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

Usage Excerpts

First 27 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2498.

Genesis 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:41 Old Testament, KJV
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Genesis 41:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
Leviticus 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Judges 5:26 Old Testament, KJV
She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
1 Samuel 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
2 Samuel 12:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Job 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Job 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Job 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Psalms 90:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Psalms 90:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Psalms 102:26 Old Testament, KJV
They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
Isaiah 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
Isaiah 8:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Isaiah 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 40:31 Old Testament, KJV
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 41:1 Old Testament, KJV
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Habakkuk 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2498, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 7 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2498 FAQ

What does chalaph (חָלַף) mean?

Chalaph (Strong's H2498) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "change". chalaph (khaw-laf') v. 1. (properly) to slide by 2. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change

How many times is chalaph (חָלַף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 27 linked usages for Strong's H2498 across 10 books.

Where can I study chalaph (חָלַף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2498 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chalaph (חָלַף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as change, changed, cut, pass, away, and off. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.