H2485 - חָלִיל (châlîyl)

H2485 חָלִיל (châlîyl) khaw-leel'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

flute

Strong's Definition

a flute (as perforated)

Derivation: from H2490 (חָלַל);

KJV Usage: pipe.

TWOT Reference: 660d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pipe, flute

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G836 G1096 G2436

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

pipe, flute

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָלִיל châlý̂yl BDB Definition: 1) pipe, flute Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2490 Same Word by TWOT Number: 660d Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (5)

10:5

1:40

5:12 30:29

48:36

1 Samuel 10:5

After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where... the Philistines [have] an outpost.... As you approach... the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Kings 1:40

All the people...... followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound.

Isaiah 5:12

At their feasts are the lyre [and] harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Isaiah 30:29

You will sing... as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

Jeremiah 48:36

Therefore... My heart laments like a flute for Moab; [it] laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because... the wealth they acquired has perished.