To cast far off
הָלָאStrong’s H1972hala (ha-la)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Hala is the Hebrew word usually translated “straying”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.”
Meaning
- (Niphal) to be removed far away, be removed far off
How it's translated
- and the straying 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Micah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
הָלָא hala · to cast far off
(Niphal) to be removed far away, be removed far off
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stray” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STRAY, verb intransitive
[The elements of this word are not certainly known. Latin, G., to wander, to strike; both probably from the root of reach, stretch. See Straggle.]
- To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate or go out of the way.
- To wander from company, or from the proper limits; as, a sheep strays from the flock; a horse strays from an inclosure.
- To rove; to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err; to deviate.
- To wander; to rove at large; to play free and unconfined.
All definitions and other forms of “stray”
- To wander; to run a serpentine course.
STRAY, verb transitive
To mislead. [Not in use.]
STRAY, noun
- Any domestic animal that has left an inclosure or its proper place and company, and wanders at large or is lost.
- The act of wandering. [Little used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.