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Halah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חֲלַח

חֲלַח

Chălach · pronounced khal-akh' · Strong's H2477 · a place

Halah means Chalach, a region of Assyria.

Strong's definition

probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria.

First appearance

2Kgs 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (KJV)

Every verse that names Halah

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles

2Kgs 17:62Kgs 18:111Chr 5:26

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