What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?
חֳלִי (ḥŏliy): Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering
Hebrew · H2483
חֳלִי
Malady , anxiety , calamity
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חֳלִי H2483
Pronunciation ḥŏliy
What does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) mean in the Bible?
חֳלִי (ḥŏliy): Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering
Full entry for חֳלִי (H2483) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2483?
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sickness (4), illness (3), his disease (2), . . . (1), [it] (1).
Where does חֳלִי (ḥŏliy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 7:15. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Chronicles (6), 2 Kings (4), Isaiah (4), Deuteronomy (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It sickness 4× Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:61, Ecclesiastes 5:17, Jeremiah 6:7
illness 3× 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Chronicles 21:15
his disease 2× 2 Chronicles 16:12, 2 Chronicles 21:19
. . . 1× Isaiah 38:9
[it] 1× 2 Chronicles 21:15
and a grievous 1× Ecclesiastes 6:2
and his sickness 1× 1 Kings 17:17
disease 1× 2 Chronicles 21:18
his sickness 1× Hosea 5:13
in his illness 1× 2 Chronicles 16:12
injury 1× 2 Kings 1:2
is truly my sickness 1× Jeremiah 10:19
of sickness 1× Psalms 41:3
our infirmities 1× Isaiah 53:4
sicknesses 1× Deuteronomy 28:59
with grief 1× Isaiah 53:3
with the illness 1× 2 Kings 13:14
wound 1× Isaiah 1:5
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 7:15 חֹ֑לִי to sickness Noun - masculine singular Deuteronomy 28:59 וָחֳלָיִ֥ם to sicknesses Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Deuteronomy 28:61 חֳלִי֙ to sickness Noun - masculine singular 1 Kings 17:17 חָלְיוֹ֙ to and his sickness Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2 Kings 1:2 מֵחֳלִ֥י to injury Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 8:8 מֵחֳלִ֥י to illness Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 8:9 מֵחֳלִ֥י to illness Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 2 Kings 13:14 חָלְי֔וֹ to with the illness Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 16:12 חָלְי֑וֹ to his disease Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2 Chronicles 16:12 בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ to in his illness Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 7:15
Aligned rows 24
Books represented 9
Deuteronomy 3 1 Kings 1 2 Kings 4 2 Chronicles 6 Psalms 1 Ecclesiastes 2 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 2 Hosea 1
Source forms
מֵחֳלִ֥י 3x mê·ḥo·lî 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9
חֹ֑לִי 2x ḥō·lî Deuteronomy 7:15, Isaiah 53:3
חָלְי֔וֹ 2x ḥā·lə·yōw 2 Kings 13:14, 2 Chronicles 21:19
בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ 1x bə·ḥā·lə·yōw 2 Chronicles 16:12
בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃ 1x ḇə·ḥā·lə·yōw Psalms 41:3
בָּחֳלָיִ֥ים 1x bā·ḥo·lā·yîm 2 Chronicles 21:15
הַחֹ֔לִי 1x ha·ḥō·lî 2 Chronicles 21:15
וָחֳלִ֥י 1x wā·ḥo·lî Ecclesiastes 6:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 5x 1 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 13:14, 2 Chronicles 16:12, 2 Chronicles 21:19
Noun - masculine singular 4x Deuteronomy 7:15, Deuteronomy 28:61, Isaiah 53:3, Jeremiah 6:7
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular 3x 2 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 2x 2 Chronicles 16:12, Psalms 41:3
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular 2x 2 Chronicles 21:18, Isaiah 1:5
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x 2 Chronicles 21:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural 1x Deuteronomy 28:59
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ecclesiastes 6:2
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering
Source Gloss
malady , anxiety , calamity
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Physical illness extending into emotional distress; captures both bodily disease and psychological anguish from suffering
malady, anxiety, calamity BDB: sickness Usage: disease, grief, (is) sick(-ness).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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