Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2461
חָלָב
chalabkhaw-lawb'
milk
44 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châlâb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2461is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 16 of 39Old Testament books
- 25spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2461
milk (as the richness of kine)
The King James renders it: [phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.
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
chalab is rendered "milk". It stands 44 times in the Hebrew text, across sixteen books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:8Then 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.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.
The first use
Then 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.
Genesis 18:8וְחָלָ֗ב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in sixteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- milk26
- and milk3
- in milk of3
- milk of2
- more than milk2
- the milk2
- and milk of1
- from milk1
- in the milk1
- like the milk1
- milk my1
- milk your1
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.
The words it stands beside
All 44, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
25 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
- חָלָ֖ב13
- חָלָב֙6
- בַּחֲלֵ֥ב3
- בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב1
- הֶחָלָ֛ב1
- הֶֽחָלָב֙1
- וְחָלָ֗ב1
- וְחָלָב֙1
- וַחֲלֵ֣ב1
- וְחָלָֽב׃1
- חֲלֵ֬ב1
- חֲלֵ֣ב1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular26HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular3HR/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HRd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
Genesis
two uses
Then 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.
- וְחָלָ֗בvechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and milk
His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
- מֵחָלָֽב׃ פmechalavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than milk
Exodus
six uses
I 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.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
And 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.’
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
And 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.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
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.
- בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in milk of
Go 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.”
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
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.”
- בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in milk of
Leviticus
one use
But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Numbers
four uses
And 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!
- חָלָ֥בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
If 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.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Is 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?
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Moreover, 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!”
- חָלָ֤בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Deuteronomy
eight uses
Hear, 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.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
and 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.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
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.
- בַּחֲלֵ֥בbachalevpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in milk of
And He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Look 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.”
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Write 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.
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
When 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.
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
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.
- וַחֲלֵ֣בvachalevconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and milk of
Joshua
one use
For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Judges
two uses
Sisera 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.
- הֶחָלָ֛בhechalavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the milk
He asked for water, and she gave him milk. In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.
- חָלָ֣בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
1 Samuel
two uses
Then 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.
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Take 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.
- הֶֽחָלָב֙hechalavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the milk
Job
two uses
Proverbs
two uses
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
- חֲלֵ֬בchalevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: milk of
For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
- חָלָ֡בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Song of Solomon
three uses
Your 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.
- וְחָלָב֙vechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and milk
I 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.
- חֲלָבִ֑יchalavinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: milk my
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
- בֶּֽחָלָ֔בbechalavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the milk
Isaiah
four uses
and from the abundance of milk they give, he will eat curds; for all who remain in the land will eat curds and honey.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- מֵֽחָלָ֔בmechalavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from milk
“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!
- וְחָלָֽב׃vechalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and milk
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.
- חֲלֵ֣בchalevnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: milk of
Jeremiah
two uses
This 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.
- חָלָ֛בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- חָלָ֖בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Lamentations
one use
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.
- מֵחָלָ֑בmechalavpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: more than milk
Ezekiel
three uses
On 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.
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
Moreover, 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—
- חָלָב֙chalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
therefore 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.
- חֲלָבֵֽךְ׃chalavekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: milk your
Joel
one use
And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
- חָלָ֔בchalavnoun · masculine singulartagged: milk
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.
