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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

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - When the food was ready, Abraham took some yogurt and milk and the roasted meat, and he served it to the men. As they ate, Abraham waited on them in the shade of the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes are darker than wine,
and his teeth are whiter than milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest 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 this land that flows with milk and honey. But I will not travel among you, for you are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I did, I would surely destroy you along the way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - “As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest 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 - But I have promised you, ‘You will possess their land because I will give it to you as your possession—a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from all other people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - And if the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - What’s more, you haven’t brought us into another land flowing with milk and honey. You haven’t given us a new homeland with fields and vineyards. Are you trying to fool these men?[fn] We will not come.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Listen closely, Israel, and be careful to obey. Then all will go well with you, and you will have many children in the land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - If you obey, you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD swore to give to your ancestors and to you, 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 must not eat anything that has died a natural death. You may give it to a foreigner living in your town, or you may sell it to a stranger. But do not eat it yourselves, for you are set apart as holy to the LORD your God.
“You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - He brought us to this place and gave us this land flowing with milk and honey!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Now look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you swore to our ancestors to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - Write this whole body of instruction on them when you cross the river to 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, promised you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For I will bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors—a land flowing with milk and honey. There they will become prosperous, eat all the food they want, and become fat. But they will begin to worship other gods; they will despise me and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - He fed them yogurt from the herd
and milk from the flock,
together with the fat of lambs.
He gave them choice rams from Bashan, and goats,
together with the choicest wheat.
You drank the finest wine,
made from the juice of grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - The Israelites had traveled in the wilderness for forty years until all the men who were old enough to fight in battle when they left Egypt had died. For they had disobeyed the LORD, and the LORD vowed he would not let them enter the land he had sworn to give us—a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - “Please give me some water,” he said. “I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - Sisera asked for water,
and she gave him milk.
In a bowl fit for nobles,
she brought him yogurt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - So Samuel took a young lamb and offered it to the LORD as a whole burnt offering. He pleaded with the LORD to help Israel, and the LORD answered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - You guided my conception
and formed me in the womb.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - the picture of good health,
vigorous and fit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself,
your family, and your servant girls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - As the beating of cream yields butter
and striking the nose causes bleeding,
so stirring up anger causes quarrels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
Your clothes are scented
like the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - Young Man
I have entered my garden, my treasure,[fn] my bride!
I gather myrrh with my spices
and eat honeycomb with my honey.
I drink wine with my milk.

Young Women of Jerusalem
Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink!
Yes, drink deeply of your love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes sparkle like doves
beside springs of water;
they are set like jewels
washed in milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - Nevertheless, there will be enough milk for everyone because so few people will be left in the land. They will eat their fill of yogurt and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - “Who does the LORD think we are?” they ask.
“Why does he speak to us like this?
Are we little children,
just recently weaned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Is anyone thirsty?
Come and drink—
even if you have no money!
Come, take your choice of wine or milk—
it’s all free!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - Powerful kings and mighty nations
will satisfy your every need,
as though you were a child
nursing at the breast of a queen.
You will know at last that I, the LORD,
am your Savior and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Israel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - I said this so I could keep my promise to your ancestors to give you a land flowing with milk and honey—the land you live in today.’”
Then I replied, “Amen, LORD! May it be so.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - You gave the people of Israel this land that you had promised their ancestors long before—a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Our princes once glowed with health—
brighter than snow, whiter than milk.
Their faces were as ruddy as rubies,
their appearance like fine jewels.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - I took a solemn oath that day that I would bring them out of Egypt to a land I had discovered and explored for them—a good land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the best of all lands anywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine,
and the hills will flow with milk.
Water will fill the streambeds of Judah,
and a fountain will burst forth from the LORD’s Temple,
watering the arid valley of acacias.[fn]
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