חוּל (chûwl) — Bear

Strong's H2342 is tagged on 58 words in 54 verses across 19 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 8:10 and last appears in Zechariah 9:5.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 54)

• Genesis 8:10 — וַיָּחֶל — and he waited
• Deuteronomy 2:25 — וְחָלוּ — and they will be in anguish
• Deuteronomy 32:18 — מְחֹלְלֶךָ — who gave birth to you
• Judges 3:25 — וַיָּחִילוּ — and they writhed
• Judges 21:21 — לָחוּל — to dance
• Judges 21:23 — הַמְּחֹלְלוֹת — the dancers
• 1 Samuel 31:3 — וַיָּחֶל — and he was in severe pain
• 2 Samuel 3:29 — יָחֻלוּ — let them whirl
• 1 Chronicles 10:3 — וַיָּחֶל — and he was in severe pain
• 1 Chronicles 16:30 — חִילוּ — tremble
• Esther 4:4 — וַתִּתְחַלְחַל — and she agonized
• Job 15:7 — חוֹלָלְתָּ — were you brought forth
• Job 15:20 — מִתְחוֹלֵל — is writhing in pain
• Job 20:21 — יָחִיל — it will endure
• Job 26:5 — יְחוֹלָלוּ — they are made to tremble
• Job 35:14 — וּתְחוֹלֵל — so you may wait
• Job 39:1 — חֹלֵל — the giving birth of
• Psalms 10:5 — יָחִילוּ — they endure
• Psalms 29:8 — יָחִיל — it causes to tremble
• Psalms 29:9 — יְחוֹלֵל — it causes labor pains to
• Psalms 37:7 — וְהִתְחוֹלֵל — and wait longingly
• Psalms 51:5 — חוֹלָלְתִּי — I was brought forth
• Psalms 55:4 — יָחִיל — it trembles
• Psalms 77:16 — יָחִילוּ — they writhed in agony
• Psalms 90:2 — וַתְּחוֹלֵל — and you brought forth

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Related entries

Entries whose derivation names this word: H2341 חֲוִילָה (Chăvîylâh), H2343 חוּל (Chûwl), H2344 חוֹל (chôwl), H2427 חִיל (chîyl), H2428 חַיִל (chayil), H2470 חָלָה (châlâh), H2478 חַלְחוּל (Chalchûwl), H4234 מָחוֹל (mâchôwl).

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