H2477 - חֲלַח (Chălach)

H2477 חֲלַח (Chălach) khal-akh'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Halah

Biblical Persons & Places

Halah Halah= near Habor (Habor@2Ki.17.6-1Ch=H2249)

A location near Habor first mentioned at 2Ki.17.6; only referred to as Halah (חֲלַח).

Strong's Definition

Chalach, a region of Assyria

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: Halah.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Halah = "painful"

1) a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Halah = "painful" a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲלַח chălach BDB Definition: Halah = painful 1) a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of foreign origin Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

17:6 18:11

5:26

2 Kings 17:6

In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

1 Chronicles 5:26

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria that is,... Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe... of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.