Quick Definition
to weaken
Strong's Definition
to prostrate; by implication, to overthrow, decay
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: discomfit, waste away, weaken.
TWOT Reference: 671
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be weak, be prostrate
1a) (Qal) to be prostrate
2) to weaken, disable, prostrate
2a) (Qal) to disable, prostrate
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָלַשׁ (cha.lash) — to weaken. 1) to be weak, be prostrate 1a) (Qal) to be prostrate 2) to weaken, disable, prostrate 2a) (Qal) to disable, prostrate
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֲלוּשָׁה · חַלָּשׁ
Strong | verb qal | ≈ חשׁל
to be weak, to become weak = process by which humans run out of physical strength
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָלַשׁ] vb. 1. be weak, prostrate. 2. weaken, disable, prostrate base