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Lexicon :: Strong's H2461 - ḥālāḇ

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חָלָב
Transliteration
ḥālāḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-lawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חֵלֶב (H2459)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 650a

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).
  1. milk, sour milk, cheese

    1. milk

    2. abundance of the land (metaph.)

    3. white (as milk)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.
STRONGS H2461: Abbreviations
חָלָב noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic חַלָבָּא, axblfo, Phoenician חלב; Arabic حَليبً noun fresh milk, حَلَبَ verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see DlPr 174; Ethiopic ሐሊብ፡) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 18:18 + 35 times + Ezekiel 34:3 (see below); construct חֲלֵב Exodus 23:19 + 5 times; suffix חֲלָבִי Songs 5:1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ezekiel 25:4; — milk:
a. as common food Genesis 18:8 (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, which see), חֲלֵב צאֹן Deuteronomy 32:14 (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in Judges 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב : — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה Proverbs 30:33 a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה Isaiah 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (נאֹוד ח׳) Judges 4:19; men drank it (שׁתה) Ezekiel 25:4 (compare השׁקה Judges 4:19), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב Ezekiel 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי הֲלֹא כֶח׳ Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically
(1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Proverbs 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RSSemitic i. 204).
(2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 (JE) = Deuteronomy 14:21, compare טְלֵה ח׳ 1 Samuel 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings גְּמוּלֵי מֵח׳ Isaiah 28:9 weaned from milk (|| עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם Isaiah 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations (|| תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים).
(3) ח׳ with wine, as especially delicacy Songs 5:1 (see De), figurative of י׳''s choicest blessings Isaiah 55:1.
(4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13, 14 (all J E), Leviticus 20:24 (H), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 5:6; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15; in Messianic time the hills תֵּלַכְנָה ח׳ Joel 4:18 (|| יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ דְּבַשׁ וְח׳ Songs 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.
b. milk as white לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח׳ Genesis 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; צַחוּ מֵח׳ Lamentations 4:7 they were whiter than milk (|| זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח׳ Songs 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RSSemitic 204.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:8; 18:18; 49:12

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 23:19; 23:19; 33:3; 34:26

Leviticus

20:24

Numbers

13:27; 14:8; 16:13; 16:14

Deuteronomy

6:3; 11:9; 14:21; 26:9; 26:15; 27:3; 31:20; 32:14

Joshua

5:6

Judges

4:19; 4:19; 5:25

1 Samuel

7:9; 17:18

Job

10:10; 21:24

Proverbs

27:27; 30:33

Song of Songs

4:12; 5:1; 5:1; 5:12

Isaiah

7:22; 28:9; 55:1; 60:16

Jeremiah

11:5; 32:22

Lamentations

4:7

Ezekiel

20:6; 20:15; 25:4; 25:4; 34:3; 34:3

H2461

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2461 matches the Hebrew חָלָב (ḥālāḇ),
which occurs 44 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - Then he took [fn]curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before the men; and he stood beside them under the tree while they ate.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 -

“His eyes are darker and sparkle more than wine,

And his teeth whiter than milk.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - “So I have come down to rescue them from the hand (power) of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a land [that is] good and spacious, to a land [fn]flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]—to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - “So I said I will bring you up out of the suffering and oppression of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land [fn]flowing with milk and honey.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land [of abundance] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep and observe this rite (service) in this month.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 -

“You shall bring the choice first fruits of your ground into the house of the LORD your God.

“You shall not [fn]boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - “Go up to a land [of abundance] [fn]flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are a stiff-necked (stubborn, rebellious) people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 -

“You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your ground to the house of the LORD your God.

“You shall not [fn]boil a young goat in his mother’s milk [as some pagans do].”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘But I have said to you, “You are to inherit and take possession of their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples (pagan nations).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - They reported to Moses and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does [fn]flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - “If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which [fn]flows with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - “Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - “Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - “Therefore listen, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly [in numbers], as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land [fn]flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - so that you may live long on the land which the LORD swore (solemnly promised) to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land [of great abundance,] [fn]flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything that dies on its own. You may give it to the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your [city] gates, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner [since they are not under God’s law], but you are a people holy (set apart) to the LORD your God. You shall not [fn]boil a young goat or a lamb in its mother’s milk.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land [fn]flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - ‘Look down from Your holy dwelling above, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the land which You have given us, as You have sworn to our fathers, a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - “You shall write on the stones all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may go into the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers has promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring them into the land which I have sworn to their fathers, a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and reject Me and break My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 -

Butter and curds of cows, and milk of the flock,

With fat of lambs,

And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats,

With the finest of the wheat;

And you drank wine, the blood of grapes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, died because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD; to them the LORD had sworn [an oath] that He would not let them see the land which He had promised to their fathers to give us, a land [of abundance] [fn]flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And he said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink because I am thirsty.” And she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 -

“Sisera asked for water and she gave him milk;

She brought him curds in a magnificent bowl.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD; and Samuel cried out to the LORD for Israel and the LORD answered him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - “Also take these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of the [fn]unit. See how your brothers are doing and bring back news of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 -

‘Have You not poured me out like milk

And curdled me like cheese?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 -

His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat],

And the marrow of his bones is moist,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 -

And there will be enough goats’ milk for your food,

For the food of your household,

And for the maintenance of your maids.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 -

Surely the churning of milk produces butter,

And wringing the nose produces blood;

So the churning of anger produces strife.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 -

“Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb];

Honey and milk are under your tongue,

And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 -

(The Bridegroom)

“I have come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride;

I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].

I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends;

Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 -

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Bathed in milk

And reposed in their setting.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - and because of the abundance of milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left in the land will eat [only] curds and [wild] honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 -

They say “To whom would He teach knowledge?

And to whom would He explain the message?

Those just weaned from milk?

Those just taken from the breast?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 -

“Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;

And you who have no money come, buy grain and eat.

Come, buy wine and milk

Without money and without cost [simply accept it as a gift from God].

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 -

“You will suck the milk of the [Gentile] nations

And suck the breast (abundance) of kings;

Then you will recognize and know that I, the LORD, am your Savior

And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - that I may complete the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I answered, “Amen (so be it), O LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - and gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, a land [of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 -

Her princes were purer than snow,

They were whiter than milk [in appearance];

They were more ruddy in body than rubies,

Their polishing was like lapis lazuli (sapphire).

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - on that day I swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, [plentiful and] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, [a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - “I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, [a land of plenty] [fn]flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament and glory of all lands,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 -

And in that day

The mountains will drip with sweet wine

And the hills will flow with milk;

And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water,

And a fountain will go out from the house of the LORD

To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.

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