חָלַף

Strong’s Definition

properly, to slide by, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

abolish, alter, change, cut off, go on forward, grow up, be over, pass (away, on, through), renew, sprout, strike through.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to pass on or away, pass through, pass by, go through, grow up, change, to go on from
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(piel) to cause to pass, change
• 4.(hiph)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châlaph; Pronunciation: khaw-laf'