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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

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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 - And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - And I am come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, to a good land, and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey; that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiff-necked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - The first of the first-fruits of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - But I have said to you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, who have separated you from other people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - And they told him, and said, We came to the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - If the LORD delighteth in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us; a land which floweth 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 thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - And that ye may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it to the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it to an alien: for thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear to our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou hast passed over, that thou mayest enter in to the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war who came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: to whom the LORD swore that he would not show them the land which the LORD swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And he said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And thou shalt have goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for maintenance for thy maidens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honey-comb; honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give, he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them forth from the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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