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Lexicon :: Strong's H2457 - ḥel'â

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חֶלְאָה
Transliteration
ḥel'â
Pronunciation
khel-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 649a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶלְאָה chelʼâh, khel-aw'; from H2456; properly, disease; hence, rust:—scum.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H2457 in the following manner: scum (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H2457 in the following manner: scum (5x).

  1. rust, scum

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶלְאָה chelʼâh, khel-aw'; from H2456; properly, disease; hence, rust:—scum.
STRONGS H2457: Abbreviations
† I. [חֶלְאָה] noun feminine rust (perhaps as filth see above) — חֶלְאָתָהּ Ezekiel 24:6, 12 + Ezekiel 24:11; Ezekiel 24:12 (strike out Co internal grounds) + Ezekiel 24:6 חֶלְאָתָהֿ (compare Ges§ 91, 1; R. 2) rust on metal pot, symbol of impurity of Jerusalem.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezekiel

24:6; 24:6; 24:11; 24:12; 24:12

H2457

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Strong's Number H2457 matches the Hebrew חֶלְאָה (ḥel'â),
which occurs 5 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 -

‘Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD,

“Woe (judgment is coming) to the bloody city,

To the pot in which there is rust

And whose rust has not gone out of it!

Take out of it piece by piece,

Without making any choice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:11 -

“Then set the empty pot (Jerusalem) back on the coals

So that it may be hot

And its bronze may glow

And its filthiness may be melted

And its rust (scum) may be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:12 -

“She has wearied Me with toil,

Yet her great rust has not left her;

Her thick rust and filth will not be burned away by fire [no matter how hot the flame].

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