Strong's Definition
to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
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.
TWOT Reference: 667,668
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued
1a) (Qal) equipped (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be equipped
1b2) to go equipped
1b3) to be armed
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make strong, brace up
1c2) to invigorate
2) to draw off or out, withdraw
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to draw, draw off
2a2) to withdraw
2b) (Niphal)
2b1) to be delivered
2b2) to be saved
2c) (Piel)
2c1) to pull out, tear out
2c2) to rescue, deliver, set free
2c3) to take away, plunder
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָלַץ
châlats
BDB Definition:
1) to remove, draw out, draw off, take off, withdraw, equip (for war), arm for war, rescue, be rescued
1a) (Qal) equipped (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be equipped
1b2) to go equipped
1b3) to be armed
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make strong, brace up
1c2) to invigorate
2) to draw off or out, withdraw
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to draw, draw off
2a2) to withdraw
2b) (Niphal)
2b1) to be delivered
2b2) to be saved
2c) (Piel)
2c1) to pull out, tear out
2c2) to rescue, deliver, set free
2c3) to take away, plunder
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 667, 668
Total KJV Occurrences: 45