Word Study · Strong's H2461 · Hebrew
חָלָב
chalab
khaw-lawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châlâb
“milk (as the richness of kine)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
milk (as the richness of kine)
Rendered in the KJV as
[phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.
- 44occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 44 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 25
- חָלָ֖ב13
- חָלָב֙6
- בַּחֲלֵ֥ב3
- בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב1
- הֶחָלָ֛ב1
- הֶֽחָלָב֙1
- וְחָלָ֗ב1
- וְחָלָב֙1
- וַחֲלֵ֣ב1
- וְחָלָֽב׃1
- חֲלֵ֬ב1
- חֲלֵ֣ב1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 12
- milk26
- and milk3
- in [the] milk of3
- [the] milk of2
- more than milk2
- the milk2
- and milk of1
- from milk1
- in the milk1
- like the milk1
- milk my1
- milk your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular26
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 26
- HC/Ncmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsa · 3
- HR/Ncmsc · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HRd/Ncmsa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 44, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy8 of 44 · 18%
- Exodus6 of 44 · 14%
- Numbers4 of 44 · 9%
- Isaiah4 of 44 · 9%
- Song of Solomon3 of 44 · 7%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 18:8וְחָלָ֗בvechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThen Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.here: and milk
- Genesis 49:12מֵחָלָֽב׃ פmechalavpreposition + noun · masculine singularHis eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.here: more than milk
Exodus6 occurrences
- Exodus 3:8חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularI have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.here: milk
- Exodus 3:17חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularAnd I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’here: milk
- Exodus 13:5חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularAnd when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.here: milk
- Exodus 23:19בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: in [the] milk of
- Exodus 33:3חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularGo up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”here: milk
- Exodus 34:26בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”here: in [the] milk of
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 13:27חָלָ֥בchalavnoun · masculine singularAnd they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!here: milk
- Numbers 14:8חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularIf the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.here: milk
- Numbers 16:13חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularIs it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Must you also appoint yourself as ruler over us?here: milk
- Numbers 16:14חָלָ֤בchalavnoun · masculine singularMoreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”here: milk
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 6:3חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularHear, O Israel, and be careful to observe them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.here: milk
- Deuteronomy 11:9חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: milk
- Deuteronomy 14:21בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.here: in [the] milk of
- Deuteronomy 26:9חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularAnd He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: milk
- Deuteronomy 26:15חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularLook down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land You have given us as You swore to our fathers—a land flowing with milk and honey.”here: milk
- Deuteronomy 27:3חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularWrite on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.here: milk
- Deuteronomy 31:20חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.here: milk
- Deuteronomy 32:14וַחֲלֵ֣בvachalevconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.here: and milk of
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 4:19הֶחָלָ֛בhechalavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.here: the milk
- Judges 5:25חָלָ֣בchalavnoun · masculine singularHe asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.here: milk
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 7:9חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularThen Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.here: milk
- 1 Samuel 17:18הֶֽחָלָב֙hechalavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularTake also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.here: the milk
Job2 occurrences
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 27:27חֲלֵ֬בchalevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you— food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.here: [the] milk of
- Proverbs 30:33חָלָ֡בchalavnoun · masculine singularFor as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”here: milk
Song of Solomon3 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 4:11וְחָלָב֙vechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYour lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.here: and milk
- Song of Solomon 5:1חֲלָבִ֑יchalavinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.here: milk my
- Song of Solomon 5:12בֶּֽחָלָ֔בbechalavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHis eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.here: in the milk
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 7:22חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularand from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.here: milk
- Isaiah 28:9מֵֽחָלָ֔בmechalavpreposition + noun · masculine singularWhom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?here: from milk
- Isaiah 55:1וְחָלָֽב׃vechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!here: and milk
- Isaiah 60:16חֲלֵ֣בchalevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.here: [the] milk of
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 11:5חָלָ֛בchalavnoun · masculine singularThis was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.here: milk
- Jeremiah 32:22חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singularYou gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.here: milk
Ezekiel3 occurrences
- Ezekiel 20:6חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularOn that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands.here: milk
- Ezekiel 20:15חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singularMoreover, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land that I had given them—a land flowing with milk and honey, the glory of all lands—here: milk
- Ezekiel 25:4חֲלָבֵֽךְ׃chalavekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartherefore I will indeed give you as a possession to the people of the East. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.here: milk your