Change
חֲלִיפָהStrong’s H2487chaliphah (cha-li-phah)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chaliphah is the Hebrew word usually translated “changes of”, “changes” and “relays”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.”
Meaning
- A change, change (of garments), replacementchange (of raiment) · relays · relief (from death) · changing, varying (course of life)
How it's translated
- changes of 7
- changes 2
- the changes 1
- relays 1
- relief my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 3
- 2 Kings 3
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 14:12And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
- Judges 14:13But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
- Judges 14:19And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
- 1 Kings 5:14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
- 2 Kings 5:5And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
- 2 Kings 5:22And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
Hebrew dictionary
חֲלִיפָה chaliphah · change
1) a change, change (of garments), replacement 1a) change (of raiment) 1b) relays 1c) relief (from death) 1d) changing, varying (course of life)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “change” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHANGE, verb transitive
- To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence; as, to change the color or shape of a thing; to change the countenance; to change the heart or life.
- To put one thing in the place of another; to shift; as, to change the clothes“Be clean and change your garments” Genesis 35:2
- To quit one thing or state for another; followed by for; as, persons educated in a particular religion do not readily change it for another.
- To give and take reciprocally; as, will you change conditions with me?
All definitions and other forms of “change”
- To barter; to exchange goods; as, to change a coach for a chariot.
- To quit, as one place for another; as, to change lodgings.
- To give one kind of money for another; to alter the form or kind of money, by receiving the value in a different kind, as to change bank notes for silver; or to give pieces of a larger denomination for an equivalent in pieces of smaller denomination, as to change an eagle for dollars, or a sovereign for sixpences, or to change a dollar into cents; or on the other hand, to change dollars for or into eagles, giving money of smaller denomination for larger.
- To become acid or tainted; to turn from a natural state of sweetness and purity; as, the wine is changed; thunder and lightning are said to change milk.
CHANGE, verb intransitive
- To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better, often for the worse.
- To pass the sun, as the moon in its orbit; as, the moon will change the 14th of this month.
CHANGE, noun
- Any variation or alteration in form, state, quality, or essence; or a passing from one state or form to another; as a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.
- A succession of one thing in the place of another; vicissitude; as a change of seasons; a change of objects on a journey; a change of scenes.
- A revolution; as a change of government.
- A passing by the sun, and the beginning of a new monthly revolution; as a change of the moon.
- A different state by removal; novelty; variety.
- Alteration in the order of ringing bells; variety of sounds.
- That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.
- Small coins of money, which may be given for larger pieces.
- The balance of money paid beyond the price of goods purchased.
- The dissolution of the body; death.“All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come” Job 14:14
- change for exchange, a place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
- In arithmetic, permutation; variation of numbers.
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.