What does חוּל · ὠδίν mean in the Bible?
חוּל · ὠδίν is a Hebrew phrase meaning "writhing or trembling, often associated with childbirth pain".
Hebrew · H2342, G5604
חִיל
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 · a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
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חוּל H2342 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
Pronunciation yāḥîl
Circular motion ranging from physical writhing (childbirth, fear) to patient waiting; intertwining tension and endurance.
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ὠδίν G5604 a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
Pronunciation ōdín
Intense suffering likened to childbirth pangs; NT metaphor for end-times tribulation and death's grip.
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What does חִיל (chil) mean in the Bible?
חוּל · ὠδίν is a Hebrew phrase meaning "writhing or trembling, often associated with childbirth pain".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2342, G5604?
H2342, G5604 is connected to 61 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. writhing or trembling, often associated with childbirth pain
Source Gloss
writhing or trembling, often associated with childbirth pain
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 6 Aligned forms 41
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 28×
Imperfect 2Sam 3:29 · Hab 3:10 · Isa 23:5 · Joel 2:6 · Ps 10:5 · Ps 77:17 · Ezek 30:16 · Isa 26:17 · Isa 66:7 · Jer 23:19 · Jer 30:23 · Job 20:21 · Ps 55:5 · Jer 5:22 15×
Perfect Isa 54:1 · Isa 66:8 · Mic 1:12 · Jer 5:3 · Lam 4:6 · Isa 23:4 · Isa 26:18 7×
Sequential imperfect 1Chr 16:30 · Ps 96:9 · Mic 4:10 · Ps 114:7 4×
Infinitive construct Ezek 30:16 1×
Cohortative Jer 4:19 1×
Polal 5×
Perfect Prov 8:24 · Prov 8:25 · Ps 51:7 · Job 15:7 4×
Imperfect Job 26:5 1×
Hithpolel 2×
Participle active Jer 23:19 · Job 15:20 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 2×
Imperfect Ps 29:8 2×
Polel 3×
Imperfect Prov 25:23 · Ps 29:9 2×
Infinitive construct Job 39:1 1×
Poel 1×
Participle active Prov 26:10 1×
Word Origins
חִיל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain