2504. chalats
Strong's Lexicon
chalats: To draw out, to deliver, to equip, to rescue

Original Word: חָלָץ
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine; noun Masculine
Transliteration: chalats
Pronunciation: khaw-lats'
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawts')
Definition: To draw out, to deliver, to equip, to rescue
Meaning: the loins

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G4506 (ῥύομαι - rhuomai): To rescue, deliver

- G4982 (σῴζω - sozo): To save, deliver, make whole

Usage: The Hebrew verb "chalats" primarily conveys the action of drawing out or delivering. It is often used in contexts where someone is being rescued or delivered from danger or distress. Additionally, it can imply equipping or preparing, particularly in a military sense, as in girding oneself for battle.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, the concept of deliverance was deeply intertwined with their understanding of God's covenantal relationship with His people. Deliverance was not only a physical rescue but also a spiritual and communal restoration. The Israelites often found themselves in situations requiring divine intervention, whether from enemies, natural disasters, or spiritual crises. The act of "chalats" was seen as a demonstration of God's faithfulness and power.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chalats
Definition
loins
NASB Translation
born* (2), loins (5), waist (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[חָלָץ] noun [feminine] only dual, loins (as seat of strength, vigour; compare Aramaic חַרְצָא hip, loin, Syriac , NöZMG 1886, 741) — חֲלָצָ֑יִם Isaiah 32:11; suffix חֲלָצֶיךָ Genesis 35:11 4t.; חֲלָצָיו Isaiah 5:27 2t.; חלצו Kt Job 31:20, Qr חֲלָצָיו; — loins:

1 as seat of virility ׳יצא מן ח Genesis 35:11 (P), 1 Kings 8:19; 2Chronicles 6:9.

2 as girded אֱזָרֿ ׳נָא כְּגֶבֶר ח Job 38:3; Job 40:7; אֵזוֺר חֲלָצָיו Isaiah 5:27 (see אֵזוֺר), וַחֲג֫וֺרָה עַל חֲלָצָ֑יִם Isaiah 32:11, compare Job 31:20 where the clothed loins are conceived as blessing charitable giver; metaphor Isaiah 11:5 faithfulness waist-cloth of his loins ("" מתניו).

3 as seat of pains, like a woman's in travail, Jeremiah 30:6.

[חֲרַץ] noun [masculine] loin (see Biblical Hebrew חָלָץ, √ II. [חָלַץ]); — suffix חַרְצֵהּ Daniel 5:6 the joints of his loin (see קְטַר).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
loins, reins

From chalats (in the sense of strength); only in the dual; the loins (as the seat of vigor) -- loins, reins.

see HEBREW chalats

Forms and Transliterations
חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ חֲלָצָ֑יו חֲלָצָ֔יו חֲלָצָֽיִם׃ חֲלָצָֽיו׃ חֲלָצָיו֙ חלציו חלציו׃ חלציך חלצים׃ מֵֽחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ מֵחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ מֵחֲלָצֶ֥יךָ מחלציך chalaTzav chalaTzayim chalaTzeicha ḥă·lā·ṣā·yim ḥă·lā·ṣāw ḥă·lā·ṣe·ḵā ḥălāṣāw ḥălāṣāyim ḥălāṣeḵā mê·ḥă·lā·ṣe·ḵā mechalaTzeicha mêḥălāṣeḵā
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 35:11
HEB: מִמֶּ֑ךָּ וּמְלָכִ֖ים מֵחֲלָצֶ֥יךָ יֵצֵֽאוּ׃
KJV: shall come out of thy loins;
INT: at and kings loins shall come

1 Kings 8:19
HEB: בִּנְךָ֙ הַיֹּצֵ֣א מֵחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ הֽוּא־ יִבְנֶ֥ה
KJV: that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build
INT: your son out loins he will build

2 Chronicles 6:9
HEB: בִנְךָ֙ הַיּוֹצֵ֣א מֵֽחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ הֽוּא־ יִבְנֶ֥ה
KJV: which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build
INT: your son forth loins he shall build

Job 31:20
HEB: [חֲלָצֹו כ] (חֲלָצָ֑יו ק) וּמִגֵּ֥ז
NAS: If his loins have not thanked
KJV: If his loins have not blessed
INT: have not thanked loins the fleece of my sheep

Job 38:3
HEB: נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ וְ֝אֶשְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃
NAS: gird up your loins like a man,
KJV: Gird up now thy loins like a man;
INT: Now A man your loins will ask instruct

Job 40:7
HEB: נָ֣א כְגֶ֣בֶר חֲלָצֶ֑יךָ אֶ֝שְׁאָלְךָ֗ וְהוֹדִיעֵֽנִי׃
NAS: gird up your loins like a man;
KJV: Gird up thy loins now like a man:
INT: Now A man your loins will ask instruct

Isaiah 5:27
HEB: נִפְתַּח֙ אֵז֣וֹר חֲלָצָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א נִתַּ֖ק
NAS: is the belt at its waist undone,
KJV: neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed,
INT: undone is the belt waist Nor broken

Isaiah 11:5
HEB: וְהָאֱמוּנָ֖ה אֵז֥וֹר חֲלָצָֽיו׃
NAS: will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness
KJV: the girdle of his reins.
INT: and faithfulness the belt his loins

Isaiah 32:11
HEB: וַחֲג֖וֹרָה עַל־ חֲלָצָֽיִם׃
NAS: and put [sackcloth] on [your] waist,
KJV: and gird [sackcloth] upon [your] loins.
INT: and put and on waist

Jeremiah 30:6
HEB: יָדָ֤יו עַל־ חֲלָצָיו֙ כַּיּ֣וֹלֵדָ֔ה וְנֶהֶפְכ֥וּ
NAS: [With] his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth?
KJV: with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail,
INT: his hands on his loins birth turned

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2504
10 Occurrences


ḥă·lā·ṣāw — 4 Occ.
ḥă·lā·ṣā·yim — 1 Occ.
ḥă·lā·ṣe·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mê·ḥă·lā·ṣe·ḵā — 3 Occ.















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