Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2457
חֶלְאָה
chelahkhel-aw'
rust
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chelʼâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2457is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2457
properly, disease; hence, rust
The King James renders it: scum.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chelah is rendered "rust". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Five of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezekiel 24:6Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
Ezekiel 24:6חֶלְאָתָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's five uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- rust its4
- and rust its1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֶלְקָה | chelqah | portion | Uses29 |
| חֶלְיָה | chelyah | jewelry | Uses1 |
| חֶלְקִי | Chelqi | Helekite | Uses1 |
| חֶלְבְּנָה | chelbenah | galbanum | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃2
- וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּ1
- חֶלְאָתָ֣ה1
- חֶלְאָתָ֔הּ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs
- noun · feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfsa/Sp3fs
Ezekiel
five uses
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
- חֶלְאָתָ֣הchelatahnoun · feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rust its
- וְחֶ֨לְאָתָ֔הּvechelatahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and rust its
Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.
- חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃chelatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rust its
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
- חֶלְאָתָ֔הּchelatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rust its
- חֶלְאָתָֽהּ׃chelatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: rust its
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.