Strong's Number 2490

Transliteration:
chalal {khaw-lal'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root [compare 02470]
TWOT:
660,661
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
begin 52, profane 36, pollute 23, defile 9, break 4, wounded 3, eat 2, slay 2, first 1, gather grapes 1, inheritance 1, began men 1, piped 1, players 1, prostitute 1, sorrow 1, stain 1, eat as common things 1

Total: 141
Definition:
  1. to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, begin
    1. (Niphal)
      1. to profane oneself, defile oneself, pollute oneself
        1. ritually
        2. sexually
      2. to be polluted, be defiled
    2. (Piel)
      1. to profane, make common, defile, pollute
      2. to violate the honour of, dishonour
      3. to violate (a covenant)
      4. to treat as common
    3. (Pual) to profane (name of God)
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to let be profaned
      2. to begin
    5. (Hophal) to be begun
  2. to wound (fatally), bore through, pierce, bore
    1. (Qal) to pierce
    2. (Pual) to be slain
    3. (Poel) to wound, pierce
    4. (Poal) to be wounded
  3. (Piel) to play the flute or pipe