2474. challon
Berean Strong's Lexicon
challon: Window

Original Word: חַלּוֹן
Part of Speech: Noun
Transliteration: challon
Pronunciation: khal-lone'
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-lone')
Definition: Window
Meaning: a window

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to bore or pierce

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2376 (θυρίς, thuris): Refers to a window or lattice in the New Testament context, such as in Acts 20:9.

Usage: The Hebrew word "challon" refers to an opening in a wall or structure, typically covered with lattice or shutters, allowing light and air to enter while providing a view to the outside. In biblical times, windows were often small and placed high on walls for security purposes.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite architecture, windows were crucial for ventilation and light, especially in homes and public buildings. They were often simple openings without glass, sometimes covered with latticework or wooden shutters. Windows also held symbolic significance, representing opportunities for insight and revelation, as well as vulnerability to external threats.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from chalal
Definition
a window
NASB Translation
window (14), windows (17).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חַלּוֺן noun masculineJoshua 2:18 and feminineEzekiel 40:16 window, absolute הַחַלּוֺן Genesis 26:8 12t.; construct חַלּוֺן Genesis 8:6; Proverbs 7:6; suffix חַלּוֺנָו֯ Ezekiel 40:22; masculine plural חַלּוֺנִים Ezekiel 40:25 3t.; construct חַלּוֺנֵי 1 Kings 6:4; suffix חַלּוֺנָי֑ Jeremiah 22:14 (defective plural Ges§ 87 (1) c, dual Ew§ 177 a, but read יָ֯ו סָפוֺן Mich Hi Gf Or Gie); חַלּוֺנֵינוּ Jeremiah 9:20; feminine חַלּוֺנוֺת Ezekiel 40:16 4t.; חַלֹּנוֺת Songs 2:9 3t.; window ׳מָּתַח ח open the window Genesis 8:6 (P) 2 Kings 13:17; ׳עלה בח Jeremiah 9:20; ׳בעד הח through the window Genesis 26:8; Joshua 2:15 (J) Judges 5:28; 1 Samuel 19:12; 2 Samuel 6:16 = 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Kings 9:30; Joel 2:9; latticed windows 1 Kings 6:4; Ezekiel 40:16; Ezekiel 41:16,26; ׳בּח Joshua 2:18,21 (J) Proverbs 7:6; Zephaniah 2:14; ׳אֶלהֿח 2 Kings 9:32; ׳מִןהֿח Songs 2:9; windows of palace, קָרַע לוֺ חַלּוֺנָי(וׅ Jeremiah 22:14 cutteth him out his windows; of the gates of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:16,22,25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:29,33,36, of the temple itself Ezekiel 41:16 (twice in verse).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
window

A window (as perforated) -- window.

Forms and Transliterations
בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בְּחַלּוֹנֵ֔ינוּ בַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ בַּחַלּֽוֹן׃ בחלון בחלון׃ בחלונינו הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹת הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן הַחַלּ֑וֹן הַחַלּ֗וֹן הַחַלּ֛וֹן הַחַלּ֨וֹן הַחַלּֽוֹן׃ הַחַלּוֹנִ֛ים החלון החלון׃ החלונים החלנות וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת וְחַלֹּונָ֤יו וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת וְחַלּוֹנִ֨ים והחלונים והחלנות וחלונות וחלוניו וחלונים וחלנות חַלּ֥וֹן חַלּוֹנֵ֖י חַלּוֹנָ֔י חלון חלוני כְּהַחֲלֹּנ֖וֹת כהחלנות ba·ḥal·lō·wn bachallOn baḥallōwn bə·ḥal·lō·w·nê·nū bə·ḥal·lō·wn bechalLon bechalloNeinu bəḥallōwn bəḥallōwnênū chalLon challoNai challoNei ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ ha·ḥăl·lō·nō·wṯ ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm ha·ḥal·lō·wn hachalLon hachalloNim hachalloNot haḥallōnōwṯ haḥăllōnōwṯ haḥallōwn haḥallōwnîm ḥal·lō·w·nāy ḥal·lō·w·nê ḥal·lō·wn ḥallōwn ḥallōwnāy ḥallōwnê kə·ha·ḥăl·lō·nō·wṯ kehachalloNot kəhaḥăllōnōwṯ vechalloNav vechalloNim vechalloNot vehachalloNim vehachalloNot wə·ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ wə·ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm wə·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ wə·ḥal·lō·w·nāw wə·ḥal·lō·w·nîm wə·ḥal·lō·w·nō·wṯ wəhaḥallōnōwṯ wəhaḥallōwnîm wəḥallōnōwṯ wəḥallōwnāw wəḥallōwnîm wəḥallōwnōwṯ
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Genesis 8:6
HEB: נֹ֔חַ אֶת־ חַלּ֥וֹן הַתֵּבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: opened the window of the ark
KJV: opened the window of the ark
INT: opened Noah the window of the ark which

Genesis 26:8
HEB: פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּעַ֖ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה
NAS: out through a window, and saw,
KJV: at a window, and saw,
INT: of the Philistines through A window and saw and behold

Joshua 2:15
HEB: בַּחֶ֖בֶל בְּעַ֣ד הַֽחַלּ֑וֹן כִּ֤י בֵיתָהּ֙
NAS: through the window, for her house
KJV: through the window: for her house
INT: A rope through the window for her house

Joshua 2:18
HEB: הַזֶּ֜ה תִּקְשְׁרִ֗י בַּֽחַלּוֹן֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרַדְתֵּ֣נוּ
NAS: thread in the window through which
KJV: thread in the window which thou didst let us down by:
INT: this tie the window which let

Joshua 2:21
HEB: תִּקְוַ֥ת הַשָּׁנִ֖י בַּחַלּֽוֹן׃
NAS: the scarlet cord in the window.
KJV: the scarlet line in the window.
INT: cord the scarlet the window

Judges 5:28
HEB: בְּעַד֩ הַחַלּ֨וֹן נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב
NAS: Out of the window she looked
KJV: looked out at a window, and cried
INT: through of the window looked and lamented

1 Samuel 19:12
HEB: דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח
NAS: through a window, and he went
KJV: down through a window: and he went,
INT: David through A window went and fled

2 Samuel 6:16
HEB: נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה ׀ בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־
NAS: looked out of the window and saw
KJV: looked through a window, and saw
INT: looked out of the window and saw King

1 Kings 6:4
HEB: וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לַבָּ֔יִת חַלּוֹנֵ֖י שְׁקֻפִ֥ים אֲטֻמִֽים׃
NAS: he made windows with [artistic] frames.
KJV: he made windows of narrow
INT: made the house windows with frames of narrow

2 Kings 9:30
HEB: וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖ף בְּעַ֥ד הַחַלּֽוֹן׃
NAS: her head and looked out the window.
KJV: her head, and looked out at a window.
INT: and looked out the window

2 Kings 9:32
HEB: פָנָיו֙ אֶל־ הַ֣חַלּ֔וֹן וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֥י
NAS: up his face to the window and said,
KJV: his face to the window, and said,
INT: his face to the window and said Who

2 Kings 13:17
HEB: וַיֹּ֗אמֶר פְּתַ֧ח הַחַלּ֛וֹן קֵ֖דְמָה וַיִּפְתָּ֑ח
NAS: Open the window toward the east,
KJV: Open the window eastward.
INT: said Open the window the east opened

1 Chronicles 15:29
HEB: נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה ׀ בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־
NAS: looked out of the window and saw
KJV: looking out at a window saw
INT: looked out of the window and saw King

Proverbs 7:6
HEB: כִּ֭י בְּחַלּ֣וֹן בֵּיתִ֑י בְּעַ֖ד
NAS: For at the window of my house I looked
KJV: For at the window of my house I looked
INT: at the window of my house through

Songs 2:9
HEB: מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙ מִן־ הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹת מֵצִ֖יץ מִן־
NAS: through the windows, He is peering
KJV: he looketh forth at the windows, shewing
INT: is looking through the windows is peering through

Jeremiah 9:21
HEB: עָ֤לָה מָ֙וֶת֙ בְּחַלּוֹנֵ֔ינוּ בָּ֖א בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ
NAS: has come up through our windows; It has entered
KJV: is come up into our windows, [and] is entered
INT: has come death our windows has entered our palaces

Jeremiah 22:14
HEB: וְקָ֤רַֽע לוֹ֙ חַלּוֹנָ֔י וְסָפ֣וּן בָּאָ֔רֶז
NAS: And cut out its windows, Paneling
KJV: and cutteth him out windows; and [it is] cieled
INT: spacious and cut windows Paneling cedar

Ezekiel 40:16
HEB: וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת אֲטֻמ֣וֹת אֶֽל־
NAS: [There were] shuttered windows [looking] toward
KJV: And [there were] narrow windows to the little chambers,
INT: windows shuttered toward

Ezekiel 40:16
HEB: וְכֵ֖ן לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת סָבִ֤יב ׀ סָבִיב֙
NAS: for the porches. And [there were] windows all
KJV: and likewise to the arches: and windows [were] round about
INT: and likewise the porches windows all around

Ezekiel 40:22
HEB: [וְחַלֹּונֹו כ] (וְחַלֹּונָ֤יו ק) [וְאֵלַמֹּו
NAS: Its windows and its porches
KJV: And their windows, and their arches,
INT: window arch palm tree

Ezekiel 40:25
HEB: וְחַלּוֹנִ֨ים ל֤וֹ [וּלְאֵילַמֹּו
NAS: The gate and its porches had windows all
KJV: And [there were] windows in it and in the arches
INT: had windows arch all

Ezekiel 40:25
HEB: סָבִ֣יב ׀ סָבִ֔יב כְּהַחֲלֹּנ֖וֹת הָאֵ֑לֶּה חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים
NAS: like those other windows; the length
KJV: thereof round about, like those windows: the length
INT: all around windows those fifty

Ezekiel 40:29
HEB: כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ל֛וֹ [וּלְאֵלַמֹּו
NAS: And the gate and its porches had windows all
KJV: thereof, according to these measures: and [there were] windows in it and in the arches
INT: measurements to those had windows arch all

Ezekiel 40:33
HEB: כַּמִּדּ֣וֹת הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ל֛וֹ [וּלְאֵלַמֹּו
NAS: And the gate and its porches had windows all
KJV: thereof, [were] according to these measures: and [there were] windows therein and in the arches
INT: measurements to those had windows arch all

Ezekiel 40:36
HEB: (וְאֵֽלַמָּ֔יו ק) וְחַלּוֹנ֥וֹת ל֖וֹ סָבִ֣יב ׀
NAS: and its porches. And the gate had windows all
KJV: thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about:
INT: mighty arch had windows all around

31 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2474
31 Occurrences


ba·ḥal·lō·wn — 3 Occ.
bə·ḥal·lō·wn — 1 Occ.
bə·ḥal·lō·w·nê·nū — 1 Occ.
ḥal·lō·wn — 1 Occ.
ḥal·lō·w·nāy — 1 Occ.
ḥal·lō·w·nê — 1 Occ.
ha·ḥal·lō·wn — 9 Occ.
ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm — 1 Occ.
ha·ḥăl·lō·nō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
kə·ha·ḥăl·lō·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥal·lō·w·nāw — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥal·lō·w·nîm — 2 Occ.
wə·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ — 5 Occ.
wə·ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm — 1 Occ.
wə·ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
















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