Strong’s definition
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
KJV gloss list in the source
beseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) weak, be wounded.
Source pronunciation notation: khaw-law'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root (compare H2342 (חוּל), H2470 (חָלָה), H2490 (חָלַל));
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