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Lexicon :: Strong's H2509 - ḥālāq

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חָלָק
Transliteration
ḥālāq
Pronunciation
khaw-lawk'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 670b

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָק châlâq, khaw-lawk'; from H2505; smooth (especially of tongue):—flattering, smooth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H2509 in the following manner: flattering (2x), smooth (1x), smoother (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H2509 in the following manner: flattering (2x), smooth (1x), smoother (2x).

  1. flattering, smooth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָק châlâq, khaw-lawk'; from H2505; smooth (especially of tongue):—flattering, smooth.
STRONGS H2509: Abbreviations
† חָלָק adjective smooth —
1. literal אִישׁ חָלָק Genesis 27:11 (J), smooth man (opposed to אישׁ שָׂעִר); הָהָר הֶחָלָק [H2510 Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7] the bald mountain (both D); southern limit of Josephus' conquest, identification dubious;
(1) white cliffs 8 miles south of Dead Sea, and
(2) Mt. Mâdara southwest from Pass es-Ṣafâ are proposed, see Di.; as substantive חַלְּקֵי־נַחַל [H2511 Isaiah 57:6] (see I. H2506 חֵלֶק, 4). smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., see Che Di).
2. figurative of mouth uttering smooth words וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ Proverbs 5:3; compare Proverbs 26:28.
3. as substantive＝flattery מִקְסָם חָלָק Ezekiel 12:24 divination of flattery.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

27:11

Proverbs

5:3; 26:28

Ezekiel

12:24

H2509

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2509 matches the Hebrew חָלָק (ḥālāq),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:11 - Then Jacob [fn]answered his mother Rebekah, “Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth H2509 man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:3 -

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey

And smoother H2509 than oil is her [fn]speech;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:28 -

A lying tongue hates [fn]those it crushes,

And a flattering H2509 mouth works ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - “For there will no longer be any worthless vision or flattering H2509 divination in the midst of the house of Israel.
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