חָלַץ

Strong’s Definition

to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

arm (self), (go, ready) armed ([idiom] man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued
• 2.(qal) equipped (participle)
• 3.(qal)
• 4.(niphal)
• 5.(niphal)
• 6.to draw off or out, withdraw
• 7.(hiphil)
• 8.(piel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châlats; Pronunciation: khaw-lats'