חֹל
ḥōl
profaneness
Strong's H2455NounHebrewTWOT 661a

חֹל (ḥōl) is a Hebrew noun meaning profaneness. It appears 7 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2455).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 661a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 661a)profaneness, commonness; exposed, profane; common, unholy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹל noun, masculine: profaneness, commonness

Strong's H2455 חֹל: properly, exposed; hence, profane
KJV:common, profane (place), unholy.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 661: חָלַל ḥālal — pollute, defile, profane; defile oneself, be polluted, defiled; violate the honour of, dishonour, violate, treat, as common; begin; bore, wound, dissolve, break, play; pipe, player on instruments, prostitute, slay, sorrow, stain

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 10:10Ezekiel 22:26

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