חַלְחָלָה
chalchala · anguish, writhing
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2479 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chalchala (חַלְחָלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “anguish, writhing”.
As of a woman in labor.
How to say it
chal·cha·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Convulsion and pain like labour.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shuddering ×2
- trembling ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with trembling; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman giving birth; I am bent over at hearing, I am terrified at seeing.
- Ezekiel 30:4
And a sword will come against Egypt, and there will be shuddering in Cush, when the slain fall in Egypt, and they take away her multitude, and her foundations are torn down.
- Ezekiel 30:9
On that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to terrify Cush that is secure; and there will be shuddering among them on the day of Egypt; for, look, it is coming.
- Nahum 2:10
Empty, and emptied, and devastated; and the heart melts, and the knees totter, and trembling is in every waist, and the faces of all of them grow pale.