Limitless Word
הָלַםhâlam/haw-lam'/
HebrewH19869 occurrences (KJV)

to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

KJV renders it: beat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).

Where it appears

  • Judg 5:22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
  • Judg 5:26She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
  • 1 Sam 14:16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
  • Ps 74:6Now they break all its carved work down with hatchet and hammers.
  • Ps 141:5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
  • Prov 23:35“They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don’t feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another.”
  • Isa 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.
  • Isa 28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
  • Isa 41:7So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, “It is good”; and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.