Limitless Word
חַלְחָלָהchalchâlâh/khal-khaw-law'/
HebrewH24794 occurrences (KJV)

writhing (in childbirth); by implication, terror

KJV renders it: (great, much) pain.

Where it appears

  • Isa 21:3Therefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.
  • Ezek 30:4A sword shall come on Egypt, and anguish shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt; and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down.
  • Ezek 30:9In that day messengers will go out from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish on them, as in the day of Egypt; for, behold, it comes.
  • Nah 2:10She is empty, void, and waste. The heart melts, the knees knock together, their bodies and faces have grown pale.

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