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Dullness

חַכְלִלוּתStrong’s H2448

chakhlilut (chakh-li-lut)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Chakhlilut is the Hebrew word usually translated “dullness of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?”
Proverbs 23:29 KJV
Meaning
  1. Redness, dullness
How it's translated
  • dullness of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    חַכְלִלוּת chakhlilut · dullness

    redness, dullness

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “dullness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DULLNESS, noun

    1. Stupidity; slowness of comprehension; weakness of intellect; indocility; as the dullness of a student.
    2. Want of quick perception or eager desire.
    3. Heaviness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
    4. Heaviness; disinclination to motion.
    All definitions
    1. Sluggishness; slowness.
    2. Dimness; want of clearness or luster.
    3. Bluntness; want of edge.
    4. Want of brightness or vividness; as dullness of color.

    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.