Strong's Hebrew · H1986

הָלַם

hâlam · haw-lam'

Definitionto strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagebeat (down), break (down), overcome, smite (with the hammer).
Occurrences9 in the KJV · 9 verses

הָלַם in Scripture

Judges 5:22 Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. Judges 5:26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen' s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 1 Samuel 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another . Psalms 74:6 But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. Psalms 141:5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. Proverbs 23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.