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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #2459 - חֶלֶב

Transliteration

cheleb

Phonetics

kheh'-leb, khay'-leb

Origin

from an unused root meaning to be fat

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

651a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

fat
1. fat (of humans)
2. fat (of beasts)
3. choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 536 ‑ ἀπαρχή (ap‑ar‑khay'); 2378 ‑ θυσία (thoo‑see'‑ah); 3452 ‑ μυελός (moo‑el‑os');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (92)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 48

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

BSB (90)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 48

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

CSB (81)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 47

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 5

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

ESV (92)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 48

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

KJV (90)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 46

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

LEB (91)

Genesis 1

Exodus 6

Leviticus 48

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

LSB (103)

Genesis 3

Exodus 6

Leviticus 58

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 2

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

N95 (92)

Genesis 3

Exodus 6

Leviticus 53

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 2

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 2

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

NAS (99)

Genesis 3

Exodus 6

Leviticus 53

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 2

Psalms 6

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (91)

Genesis 2

Exodus 6

Leviticus 48

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 3

Judges 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 4

Job 1

Psalms 5

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 4

ASV (92)

all the best 1

all the fat 3

and all the best 1

and all the fat 10

and of the fat 1

and the fat 23

and their fat 2

as grease 1

as the fat 3

as with marrow 1

but the fat 1

fat 1

from it the best 1

from it; the fat 1

from the fat 1

in their own fat 1

me with the fat 1

neither fat 1

neither shall the fat 1

no fat 1

of all the best 1

of it all the fat 1

of the fat 1

than the fat 1

the best 1

the fat 16

the fat thereof, the fat 1

thee with the finest 1

their fat 1

them also with the finest 1

them on the fat 1

thereon the fat 1

unto me the fat 1

with fat 1

with fatness 3

with his fatness 1

with the 1

with the fat 2

BSB (90)

- 1

along with the fat 1

and callous 1

and eglon''s fat 1

and fat 1

and the fat 3

and the fat portions 1

consisting of its fat 1

fat 5

from the fat 2

from their prosperity 1

is better than the fat 1

it 1

its fat 1

like the fat 1

of the fat 1

the best 1

the best part 2

the best portions 1

the choicest 1

the fat 36

the fat portions 4

the finest 2

the freshest 1

their callous hearts 1

their fat 2

these 1

they also brought the fat portions 1

with fat 3

with the fat 9

with the finest 1

with the richest 1

CSB (81)

fat 19

part 3

portions 7

the best 1

the choicest 1

the fat 46

the richness 1

these 1

they 1

with the fat 1

ESV (92)

best 5

fat 77

fat parts 1

fat pieces 3

fat portions 1

fatness 1

finest 2

pity 1

unfeeling 1

KJV (90)

best 5

fat 75

fat thereof, as the fat 2

fatness 4

finest 2

grease 1

marrow 1

LEB (91)

and the fat 2

and the fat of 1

as for the fat portions 1

consisting of the fat 1

consisting of the fat portions 1

fat 12

fat of 1

its fat 4

its fat into smoke 1

let them burn the fat 1

like fat 1

like the fat of 1

me with the fat of 1

s fat 3

the ⌊fat parts⌋ 1

the best 1

the choicest 1

the fat 31

the fat as a burnt offering 1

the fat into smoke 1

the fat of 9

the fat portions 2

the fat portions into smoke 1

the fat portions of 1

the finest 3

their calloused heart 1

their fat 3

to me fat 1

was the fat of 1

with his fat 1

you with the ⌊finest of 1

LSB (103)

best 5

fat 81

fatness 2

finest 2

of 5

portions 7

unfeeling 1

N95 (92)

best 5

fat 80

portions 7

NAS (99)

best 5

fat 82

fatness 1

finest 2

of 1

portions 7

unfeeling 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (91)

all its fat 4

all the best 1

all the fat 3

and all the best 1

and all the fat 5

and of its fat 1

and the fat 19

and their fat 2

but the fat 1

fat 2

food 1

from it its best 1

from the fat 1

he shall take all the fat 1

it is covered 1

its best 1

its fat 1

like the fat 3

me with the fat 1

neither fat 1

neither shall the fat 1

no fat 1

of all its best 1

of the fat 1

on it the fat 1

than the fat 1

the fat 19

their fat 1

them on the fat 1

them with the finest 1

to me the fat 1

up their callous 1

with fat 3

with his fatness 1

with the 1

with the fat 2

you with the finest 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2160) b l h (ההלב HhLB) AC: ? CO: Fat AB: Choice: The rich or choice part.

N^m) b l h (ההלב HhLB) - I. Fat:The fat of an animal as the choicest part. II. Milk:The milk, containing fat, of a dairy animal. KJV (136): fat, fatness, best, finest, grease, marrow, milk, cheese, suckle - Strongs: H2459 (חֶלֶב), H2461 (חָלָב)

m^f1) e n b l h (ההלבנה HhLBNH) - Galbanum: An odoriferous resin used in incense. A choice ingredient. KJV (1): galbanum - Strongs: H2464 (חֶלְבְּנָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. חֵ֫לֶב noun masculine^{Exodus 29:13} fat (Late Hebrew id., fat, so Phoenician חלב (probably); Aramaic

(also diaphragm in Lexicons, see PS¹²⁷⁴) originally diaphragm, midriff; Arabic

, including midriff-fat, RS^{Semitic i. 360}); — ׳ח absolute Leviticus 3:16 40t.; construct Genesis 45:18 21t.; suffix חֶלְבּוֺ Leviticus 3:9 6t.; חֶלְבָּהּ Leviticus 4:31,35, חֶלְבָּם Numbers 18:17, חֶלְבָּ֫מוֺ Psalm 17:10, חֶלְבְּהֶ֫ן Leviticus 8:16,25 (read plural noun חלביהן Samaritan Di); plural הַחֲלָבִים Leviticus 8:26 7t.; construct חֶלְבֵי Leviticus 6:5 4t.; suffix חֶלְבֵהֶן Genesis 4:4 (חלביהן Samaritan Di, compare Leviticus 8:16,25 above); —

1 fat of human body Judges 3:22 (covering intestines); גִּבּוֺרִים׳ח 2 Samuel 1:22 as smearing warrior's shield; of grossness of wicked כִּסָּה מָּנָיו בְּחֶלְבּוֺ Job 15:27; fat (of midriff) figurative of unreceptive heart סָֽגְרוּ׳ח Psalm 17:10, see also Psalm 73:7 (read מֵחֵלֶב עֲוֺנָמוֺ for מחלבעֵינֵמוֺ ᵐ5ᵑ6 Hi Ew Ol De Che Bae and others); ׳טָפַשׁ כַּחלִבָּם Psalm 119:70i.e. their heart is as unresponsive as the midriff-fat near it.

2 fat of beasts:

a. as rich food (poetry) Deuteronomy 32:14 and in simile Psalm 63:6 ("" דֶּשֶׁן); so ᵑ0 Ezekiel 34:3 (but read הֶחָלָב, see חָלָב), Ezekiel 39:19 (ᵑ6 Co בשׂר).

b. especially as offered in sacrifice, singular, to ׳י Exodus 23:18 (JE), 1 Samuel 2:15,16; Exodus 29:13 (twice in verse); Exodus 29:22 (3t. in verse); Leviticus 3:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 3:4,9 (3t. in verse); Leviticus 3:10,14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 3:15 23t. Leviticus; Numbers 18:17 (all P), Leviticus 17:6 (H), 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 43:24; Ezekiel 44:7,15; see Isaiah 34:6 (twice in verse); Isaiah 34:7 of fat of Edomites slaughtered by ׳י's sword (under figure of lambs, rams, and bulls); as eaten by (strange) gods Deuteronomy 32:38 (poetry), not to be eaten by men Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 7:23,24 (twice in verse); Leviticus 7:25 (all P); also plural, fat parts or pieces Genesis 4:4 (J) Leviticus 6:5 8t. Leviticus; 1 Kings 8:64 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 7:7 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 29:35; 35:14.

3 choicest, best part of products of land Genesis 45:18 (E), specifically of oil Numbers 18:12 and wine Numbers 18:12; of corn and oil Numbers 18:29; Numbers 18:30; Numbers 18:32; also (poetry) כִּלְיוֺת חִטָּה׳ח Deuteronomy 32:14 kidney-fat of wheat (i.e. the very choicest, compare Isaiah 34:6), חִטָּה׳ח Psalm 81:17, חִטִּים׳ח Psalm 147:14.

List of Word Forms

בְּחֶלְבֵ֧י בְּחֶלְבּ֑וֹ בחלבו בחלבי הַ֣חֲלָבִ֔ים הַחֲלָבִ֑ים הַחֲלָבִ֖ים הַחֲלָבִֽים׃ הַחֲלָבִים֙ הַחֵ֔לֶב הַחֵ֖לֶב הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ הַחֵ֣לֶב הַחֵ֣לֶב ׀ הַחֵ֤לֶב הַחֵ֨לֶב הַחֵלֶב֒ הַחֵלֶב֮ החלב החלבים החלבים׃ וְהַחֲלָבִ֖ים וְחֵ֣לֶב וְחֵ֤לֶב וְחֵ֥לֶב וּמֵֽחֶלְבֵהֶ֑ן והחלבים וחלב ומחלבהן חֵ֔לֶב חֵ֖לֶב חֵ֛לֶב חֵ֜לֶב חֵ֣לֶב חֵ֤לֶב חֵ֥לֶב חֵ֨לֶב חֵֽלֶב־ חֵלֶב֮ חֶלְבְּהֶ֑ן חֶלְבֵ֣י חֶלְבֵ֥י חֶלְבָּ֣ה חֶלְבָּ֣הּ חֶלְבָּ֣ם חֶלְבָּ֥מוֹ חֶלְבּ֔וֹ חֶלְבּ֖וֹ חֶלְבּוֹ֙ חלב חלב־ חלבה חלבהן חלבו חלבי חלבם חלבמו כְּחֵ֖לֶב כַּחֵ֣לֶב כחלב מֵחֵ֔לֶב מֵחֵ֖לֶב מֵחֵ֙לֶב֙ מֵחֵ֣לֶב מֵחֵ֥לֶב מחלב bə·ḥel·ḇê bə·ḥel·bōw bechelBo bechelVei bəḥelḇê bəḥelbōw chelBah chelBam chelBamov chelbeHen chelBo Chelev chelVei ha·ḥă·lā·ḇîm ha·ḥê·leḇ hachalaVim hacheLev haḥălāḇîm haḥêleḇ ḥê·leḇ ḥê·leḇ- ḥel·bā·mōw ḥel·bāh ḥel·bām ḥel·ḇê ḥel·bə·hen ḥel·bōw ḥelbāh ḥelbām ḥelbāmōw ḥelḇê ḥelbəhen ḥelbōw ḥêleḇ ḥêleḇ- ka·ḥê·leḇ kaChelev kaḥêleḇ kə·ḥê·leḇ keChelev kəḥêleḇ mê·ḥê·leḇ meChelev mêḥêleḇ ū·mê·ḥel·ḇê·hen umechelveHen ūmêḥelḇêhen veChelev vehachalaVim wə·ha·ḥă·lā·ḇîm wə·ḥê·leḇ wəhaḥălāḇîm wəḥêleḇ