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Strong's H2342 · Hebrew

chuwl

khool

or chiyl {kheel}; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H2342a

H2342a חוּל [ חִיל ] whirl , dance , writhe . . dance . twist , writhe . whirl , whirl about . . dance . writhe in travail with , bear , bring forth (poet.) . wait anxiously . . be made to writhe . be brought forth . cause to be in anguish . be born . . whirling . writhing , suffering torture . wait longingly . and she writhed in anxiety H2342b חול , חִיל br firm , strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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