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Lexicon :: Strong's H2506 - ḥēleq

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חֵלֶק
Transliteration
ḥēleq
Pronunciation
khay'lek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 669a

Strong’s Definitions

חֵלֶק chêleq, khay'lek; from H2505; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment:—flattery, inheritance, part, × partake, portion.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x

The KJV translates Strong's H2506 in the following manner: portion (40x), part (22x), flattering (1x), flattery (1x), inheritance (1x), partaker (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 66x
The KJV translates Strong's H2506 in the following manner: portion (40x), part (22x), flattering (1x), flattery (1x), inheritance (1x), partaker (1x).

  1. portion, share, part, territory

    1. portion, share

    2. portion, tract, parcel (of land)

    3. one's portion, one's possession

    4. (chosen) portion

    5. portion, award (from God)

  2. smoothness, seductiveness, flattery

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֵלֶק chêleq, khay'lek; from H2505; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment:—flattery, inheritance, part, × partake, portion.
STRONGS H2506: Abbreviations
† I. חֵ֫לֶק noun masculineJoshua 18:5 portion, tract, territory — ח׳ absolute Genesis 31:14 +; construct Genesis 14:24 +; suffix חֶלְקִי Psalm 16:5 + 6 times; חֶלְקְךָ Numbers 18:20; Ecclesiastes 9:9; חֶלְקֶ֑ךָ Psalm 50:18; חֶלְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:6; חֶלְקוֺ Habakkuk 1:16 + 5 times; חֶלְקָם Genesis 14:24 + 3 times; plural חֲלָקִים Joshua 18:5 + 5 times; suffix חֶלְקֵיהֶם Hosea 5:7; —
1. portion, share:
a. of booty Genesis 14:24 (twice in verse); Numbers 31:36 (P) 1 Samuel 30:24 (twice in verse).
b. of food Leviticus 6:10 (P); יאכלו כּח׳ ח׳ Deuteronomy 18:8;＝food Habakkuk 1:16 (|| מַאֲכָל); so (of unrestricted charity) Ecclesiastes 11:2 see Now.
c. followed by בְּ, share or interest in Ecclesiastes 9:6, with idea of obligation to Genesis 31:14 (E; in father's house), 2 Samuel 20:1＝1 Kings 12:16 2 Chronicles 10:16 (in royal line; all || נַחֲלָה); of right (privilege) in ביהוה ח׳ Joshua 22:25, 27 (P); Nehemiah 2:20 (in Jerusalem; + צְדָקָה וְזִכָּרוֺן).
d. proper share or part אַעֲנֶה חֶלְקִי Job 32:17 i.e. I will do my part in replying. Especially
2. portion, tract, of land:
a. as distributive at conquest Joshua 19:9, seven portions Joshua 18:5, 6, 9 (all J E) Joshua 18:7 (J E; + נחלה in || clause), Joshua 15:13; Joshua 19:9 (both P); none for tribe of Levi Deuteronomy 10:9; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 14:27, 29; Deuteronomy 18:1; Joshua 18:7 (all D; || נחלה), Joshua 14:4 (P), none for priests Numbers 18:20 (P; || verb נחל).
b. of land possessed by people Hosea 5:7; Micah 2:4.
c. portion to be assigned after exile Isaiah 61:7; Ezekiel 45:7; Ezekiel 48:8, 21, חֶלְקוֺ עַלאַֿדְמַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ Zechariah 2:16 [Zechariah 2:12].
d. specifically of town-land, district about a town, יִזְרְעֵאל ח׳ 2 Kings 9:10, 36 + 1 Kings 21:23 (MT חֵל), יִזְ׳ הַשָּׂדֶה בְּח׳ 2 Kings 9:37.
e. הַחֵלֶק Amos 7:4 (opposed to תְּהוֺם) apparently of land of Israel
3. hence portion, i.e. (acquired) possession:
a. of people as י׳'s possession Deuteronomy 32:9 (|| חֶבֶל נחלתו); but especially...
b. of י׳ as possession of his servants: of priests, as enjoying perquisites of altar Numbers 18:20 (P; || נחלה), in spiritual sense Psalm 73:26; Psalm 119:57; Lamentations 3:24; מְנָת חֶלְקִי י׳ Psalm 16:5; בְּאֶרֶץ הַחַיִּים ח׳ Psalm 142:6; hence יעקב ח׳ of י׳ Jeremiah 10:16＝Jeremiah 51:19 (שֵׁבֶט נַחֲלָתוֺ in || clause)
4. chosen portion, habitual mode of life עִםמְֿנָאֲפִים ח׳ Psalm 50:18 with adulterers is thy chosen life (companionship, shewing character); בְּחַלְּקֵינַֿחַל חֶלְקֵךְ Isaiah 57:6 among smooth (things i.e. stones) of a brook-bed is thy chosen life (of idolatrous habit; see חָלָק); חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים Psalm 17:14.
5. portion, award, from God אֱלוֺהַּ ח׳ Job 31:2 (|| נחלה); specifically of punishment of wicked Isaiah 17:14 (|| גּוֺרָל), עִםאֵֿל Job 27:13, מֵאֱלֹהִים Job 20:29 (|| נחלה);＝profit, reward חֶלְקִי מִכָּלעֲֿמָלִי Ecclesiastes 2:10, compare Ecclesiastes 2:21; Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 9:9. — לְחֵלָק Job 17:5 is dubious: a share of feast, or of booty, Kmp Hi; a prey, spoil, Ew Di Da; AV flattery does not suit context.

†III. חֵ֫לֶק noun [masculine] smoothness, seductiveness of speech, only singular construct בְּחֵלֶק שְׁפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶ֑נּוּ Proverbs 7:21 with the seductiveness of her lips she impelleth him (|| הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ). — I. and II. חֵלֶק see below I. חלק.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:24; 14:24; 14:24; 31:14; 31:14

Leviticus

6:10

Numbers

18:20; 18:20; 18:20; 31:36

Deuteronomy

10:9; 12:12; 14:27; 14:29; 18:1; 18:8; 32:9

Joshua

14:4; 15:13; 18:5; 18:5; 18:5; 18:6; 18:7; 18:7; 18:9; 19:9; 19:9; 22:25; 22:27

1 Samuel

30:24

2 Samuel

20:1

1 Kings

12:16; 21:23

2 Kings

9:10; 9:36; 9:37

2 Chronicles

10:16

Nehemiah

2:20

Job

17:5; 20:29; 27:13; 31:2; 32:17

Psalms

16:5; 16:5; 17:14; 50:18; 50:18; 73:26; 119:57; 142:6

Proverbs

7:21

Ecclesiastes

2:10; 2:21; 3:22; 5:17; 5:18; 9:6; 9:9; 9:9; 11:2

Isaiah

17:14; 57:6; 57:6; 61:7

Jeremiah

10:16; 51:19

Lamentations

3:24

Ezekiel

45:7; 48:8; 48:21

Hosea

5:7; 5:7

Amos

7:4

Micah

2:4

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16

Zechariah

2:12

H2506

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Strong's Number H2506 matches the Hebrew חֵלֶק (ḥēleq),
which occurs 67 times in 63 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 14:24–Isa 17:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:24 - Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan, Mambre, these shall take a portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:17 - (LXX 6:10) It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt-offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin, and as the offering for trespass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:20 - And the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; for I am thy portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, even the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:9 - Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself is their inheritance, as he said to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye and your sons, and your daughters, and your men-servants and your maid-servants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:27 - and the Levite that is in thy cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:29 - And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with thee, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in thy cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works which thou shalt do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt-offerings of the Lord are their inheritance, they shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:8 - He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:9 - And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasse and Ephraim; and there was none inheritance in the land given to the Levites, only cities to dwell in, and their suburbs separated for the cattle, and their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - And they [fn]came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, saying, Juda shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:6 - And do ye divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will [fn]give you a lot before the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:9 - And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought the book to Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon was a part of the lot of Juda, for the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - Whereas the Lord has set boundaries between us and you, even Jordan, and ye have no portion [fn]in the Lord: so your sons shall alienate our sons, that they should not worship the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - but that this may be a witness between you and us, and between our posterity after us, that we may do service to the Lord before him, with our burnt-offerings and our meat-offerings and our peace-offerings: so your sons shall not say to our sons, [fn]hereafter, Ye have no portion [fn]in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:24 - And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not [fn]inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessæ: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessæ. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and [fn]there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - And they returned and told him. And he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:37 - And the carcase of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, This is Jezabel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jessæ? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:20 - And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:5 - He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:29 - This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods appointed him by the all-seeing God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 - This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:2 - Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:17 - And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:5 - (LXX 15:5) The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:18 - (LXX 49:18) If thou sawest a thief, thou [fn]rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - (LXX 72:26) My heart and my flesh have failed: but God is the strength of my heart, and God is my portion for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:57 - (LXX 118:57) Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:5 - (LXX 141:6) I cried unto thee, O Lord, and said, Thou art my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:21 - So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:22 - And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - (LXX 5:17) Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, all the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - (LXX 5:18) Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:2 - Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance.

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