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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes will be dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - When the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you will keep this ceremony in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - "The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who has set you apart from the other peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - They told Moses, "We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

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 that is flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number - as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors - a land flowing with milk and honey."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Then you must inscribe on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, said to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors - one flowing with milk and honey - and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - He said to her, "Give me a little water to drink, because I'm thirsty." She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried out to the LORD on Israel's behalf, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. The Lover to His Beloved:

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! The Beloved about Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - Who is the LORD trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother's breast!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - "Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey." That is the very land that you still live in today.'" And I responded, "Amen! Let it be so, LORD!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli. ח (Khet)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them - a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - So take note, I am about to make you slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the LORD, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
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