abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass away,
A primitive root; properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change -- abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.
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) (Hiphil)
1c1) to change, substitute, alter, change for better, renew
1c2) to show newness (of tree)
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 666
חָלַףverbpass on or away, pass through (mostly in poetry) (Late Hebrew
id., pass by or
away, change; Phoenician
חלפתequivalent, Reinach
RŠJ 1888, 276; Hoffm
G. G. Abh. xxxvi. 1890, 20; Aramaic
חֲלֵףpass away, change;
change, substitute; Nabataean
חלףchange (?) Eut
p. 53; Arabic
come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e.
successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives Lane
792-799; so also
ויחלפה MI
6and his son
succeeded him; Ethiopic
pass by, across, through) —
QalPerfectחָלַףSongs 2:11; Habakkuk 1:11 etc.; ImperfectיַחֲלֹףJob 4:15 4t.; 3 feminine singular suffix תַּחְלְפֵ֑הוּJob 20:24; יַחֲלֹ֑פוּPsalm 102:27; Infinitive constructלַחֲלוֺףIsaiah 21:1; —
1. a.pass on quickly1 Samuel 10:3; elsewhere only in poetry, move or sweep on, of a flood Isaiah 8:8, or wind Isaiah 21:1; Job 4:15; Habakkuk 1:11, of God Job 9:11; Job 11:10.
b.pass away (vanish) Job 9:26 (of days); Songs 2:11 (of rain "" עבר), of the heavens Psalm 102:27, of idols Isaiah 2:18, (but perhaps gloss JBLix. 1890, 86).
2of grass, come on anew, i. e. sprout again (compare Hiph`il 2) Psalm 90:5; Psalm 90:6, so Thes AV De Hi Che Bae and others; less suitably in context, ᵐ5ᵑ9 Ew pass away, above 1b. 3. transitive
a.pass through, i.e. pierce, followed by accusative Judges 5:26; Job 20:24.
b.overstep, transgressIsaiah 24:5 ("" עבר), (compare Arabic IV. to break a promise).
Pi`elImperfectוַיְחַלֵּף (cause to pass) change, followed by accusative garment Genesis 41:14 (E) 2 Samuel 12:20.
Hiph`ilPerfectחֶחֱלִףGenesis 31:7; ImperfectיַחֲלִיףJob 14:7; suffix יַחֲלִיפֶנּוּLeviticus 27:10; 3feminine singular תַּחֲלִיףJob 29:20; 2masculine singular וַתַּחֲלֵףGenesis 31:41; suffix תַּחֲלִיפֵם; יַחֲלִ֑יפוּIsaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1; נַחֲלִיףIsaiah 9:9; —
1change (transitive) garments Genesis 35:2 (E) Psalm 102:27, wages Genesis 31:7,41 (both E); no object expressed Leviticus 27:10 (H); substitute i. e. cause to succeedIsaiah 9:9; change for better, renew, object כֹּחַIsaiah 40:31; Isaiah 41:1.
2shew newness, of tree, putting forth fresh shoots Job 14:7, of bow Job 29:20.
[חֲלַף] verbpass (over) (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al with יַל person pass over one (of time): Imperfect3masculine plural יִחְלְפוּןDaniel 4:13,20,22,29.
Strong's Hebrew: 2498. חָלַף (chalaph) — 28 Occurrences
Genesis 31:7
HEB:הֵ֣תֶל בִּ֔י וְהֶחֱלִ֥ף אֶת־ מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י
NAS: has cheated me and changed my wages
KJV: hath deceived me, and changed my wages
INT: your father deceived and changed my wages ten
Genesis 31:41
HEB:שָׁנִ֖ים בְּצֹאנֶ֑ךָ וַתַּחֲלֵ֥ף אֶת־ מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּ֖י
NAS: for your flock, and you changed my wages
KJV: for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages
INT: years your flock changed my wages ten
Genesis 35:2
HEB:בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃
NAS: you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;
KJV: and be clean, and change your garments:
INT: are among and purify and change your garments
Genesis 41:14
HEB:הַבּ֑וֹר וַיְגַלַּח֙ וַיְחַלֵּ֣ף שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו וַיָּבֹ֖א
NAS: and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes,
KJV: and he shaved [himself], and changed his raiment,
INT: of the dungeon had shaved and changed his clothes came
Leviticus 27:10
HEB: לֹ֣א יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּ וְלֹֽא־ יָמִ֥יר
NAS:He shall not replace it or exchange
KJV:He shall not alter it, nor change
INT: shall not replace or exchange
Judges 5:26
HEB:רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וּמָחֲצָ֥ה וְחָלְפָ֖ה רַקָּתֽוֹ׃
NAS: And she shattered and pierced his temple.
KJV: when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.
INT: his head shattered and pierced his temple
1 Samuel 10:3
HEB: וְחָלַפְתָּ֨ מִשָּׁ֜ם וָהָ֗לְאָה
NAS:Then you will go on further
KJV:Then shalt thou go on forward
INT:will go there further
2 Samuel 12:20
HEB:וַיִּרְחַ֣ץ וַיָּ֗סֶךְ וַיְחַלֵּף֙ [שִׂמְלֹתֹו כ]
NAS: anointed [himself], and changed his clothes;
KJV: and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel,
INT: washed anointed and changed apparel came
Job 4:15
HEB:עַל־ פָּנַ֣י יַחֲלֹ֑ף תְּ֝סַמֵּ֗ר שַֽׂעֲרַ֥ת
NAS: Then a spirit passed by my face;
KJV: Then a spirit passed before my face;
INT: by my face passed bristled the hair
Job 9:11
HEB:וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־ אָבִ֥ין
NAS: by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past [me], I would not perceive
KJV: by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive
INT: not see to move not perceive
Job 9:26
HEB: חָ֭לְפוּ עִם־ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת
NAS:They slip by like reed
KJV:They are passed away as the swift
INT:slip like boats
Job 11:10
HEB: אִם־ יַחֲלֹ֥ף וְיַסְגִּ֑יר וְ֝יַקְהִ֗יל
NAS: If He passes by or shuts
KJV:If he cut off, and shut up,
INT: If passes shuts calls
Job 14:7
HEB:יִ֭כָּרֵת וְע֣וֹד יַחֲלִ֑יף וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ לֹ֣א
NAS: it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
KJV: if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch
INT: is cut again will sprout shoots will not
Job 20:24
HEB:מִנֵּ֣שֶׁק בַּרְזֶ֑ל תַּ֝חְלְפֵ֗הוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה׃
NAS: [But] the bronze bow will pierce him.
KJV: of steel shall strike him through.
INT: weapon the iron will pierce bow the bronze
Job 29:20
HEB:וְ֝קַשְׁתִּ֗י בְּיָדִ֥י תַחֲלִֽיף׃
NAS: with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
KJV: and my bow was renewed in my hand.
INT: and my bow my hand is renewed
Psalm 90:5
HEB:בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃
NAS: they are like grass which sprouts anew.
KJV: [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.
INT: the morning grass sprouts
Psalm 90:6
HEB:בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל
NAS: it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening
KJV: it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening
INT: the morning flourishes and sprouts evening down
Psalm 102:26
HEB:יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃
NAS: Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.
KJV: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
INT: will wear clothing will change will be changed
Psalm 102:26
HEB:כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃
NAS: You will change them and they will be changed.
KJV: shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
INT: clothing will change will be changed
Songs 2:11
HEB:עָבָ֑ר הַגֶּ֕שֶׁם חָלַ֖ף הָלַ֥ךְ לֽוֹ׃
NAS: is past, The rain is over [and] gone.
KJV: is past, the rain is over [and] gone;
INT: is past the rain is over gone
Isaiah 2:18
HEB:וְהָאֱלִילִ֖ים כָּלִ֥יל יַחֲלֹֽף׃
NAS: But the idols will completely vanish.
KJV: he shall utterly abolish.
INT: the idols will completely vanish
Isaiah 8:8
HEB: וְחָלַ֤ף בִּֽיהוּדָה֙ שָׁטַ֣ף
NAS:Then it will sweep on into Judah,
KJV:And he shall pass through Judah;
INT:will sweep Judah will overflow
Isaiah 9:10
HEB:גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים נַחֲלִֽיף׃
NAS: have been cut down, But we will replace [them] with cedars.
KJV: are cut down, but we will change [them into] cedars.
INT: have been cut cedars will replace
Isaiah 21:1
HEB:כְּסוּפ֤וֹת בַּנֶּ֙גֶב֙ לַֽחֲלֹ֔ף מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר בָּ֔א
NAS: in the Negev sweep on, It comes
KJV: in the south pass through; [so] it cometh
INT: windstorms the Negev sweep the wilderness comes
Isaiah 24:5
HEB:עָבְר֤וּ תוֹרֹת֙ חָ֣לְפוּ חֹ֔ק הֵפֵ֖רוּ
NAS: laws, violated statutes,
KJV: the laws, changed the ordinance,
INT: transgressed laws violated statutes broke
Isaiah 40:31
HEB:וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ
NAS: for the LORD Will gain new strength;
KJV: upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength;
INT: wait the LORD will gain strength will mount
Isaiah 41:1
HEB:אִיִּ֔ים וּלְאֻמִּ֖ים יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֑חַ יִגְּשׁוּ֙
NAS: And let the peoples gain new strength;
KJV: and let the people renew [their] strength:
INT: Coastlands the peoples gain strength come
Habakkuk 1:11
HEB: אָ֣ז חָלַ֥ף ר֛וּחַ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר
NAS: Then they will sweep through [like] the wind
KJV: Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over,
INT: Then will sweep the wind and pass
change, substitute; Nabataean חלףchange (?) Eutp. 53; Arabic 
come after, succeed, replace [compare 'Caliph' i.e. successor (of Mohammed)] and many derivatives Lane792-799; so also ויחלפה MI6and his son succeeded him; Ethiopic 
pass by, across, through) —