Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2506
חֵלֶק
cheleqkhay'lek
portion; smoothness
67 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêleq
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2506is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 24 of 39Old Testament books
- 42spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2506
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
The King James renders it: flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
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
cheleq is rendered "portion; smoothness". It stands 67 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "portion".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
- The Greek text spells it forty-two different ways.
The first use
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
Genesis 14:24וְחֵ֙לֶק֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-four of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: portion, and smoothness.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| portionStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 14:24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with… |
| smoothnessStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a portion13
- portion of10
- portion his6
- portions4
- in territory of3
- portion my3
- portion your3
- a share2
- portion2
- portion their2
- share their2
- the portions2
and 15 more, 67 uses in all
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.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 67, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
42 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
- חֵ֥לֶק9
- חֵ֨לֶק4
- חֵ֣לֶק4
- חֶלְק֔וֹ4
- בְּחֵ֥לֶק2
- בְּחֵ֣לֶק2
- חֵ֤לֶק2
- חֵ֖לֶק2
- חֵֽלֶק־2
- חֶלְקִ֖י2
- חֲלָקִ֖ים2
- חֶלְקְךָ֙2
and 30 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular17HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular6HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)5HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine plural4HNcmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HNcmsc/Sp3mp
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
Genesis
three uses
I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
- וְחֵ֙לֶק֙vechelekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and share of
- חֶלְקָֽם׃ סchelkamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: share their
And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a share
Leviticus
one use
It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
- חֶלְקָ֛םchelkamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: share their
Numbers
three uses
Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
- וְחֵ֕לֶקvechelekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a share
- חֶלְקְךָ֙chelkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: share your
This was the half portion for those who had gone to war:
- חֵ֕לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Deuteronomy
eight uses
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
Then the Levite (because he has no portion or inheritance among you), the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow within your gates may come and eat and be satisfied. And the LORD your God will bless you in all the work of your hands.
- חֵ֨לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the offerings made by fire to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
- כְּחֵ֖לֶקkechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a portion
But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Joshua
nine uses
The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion of the land was given to the Levites, except for cities in which to live, along with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.
- חֵ֨לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
- חֵ֙לֶק֙cheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.
- חֲלָקִ֑יםchalakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: portions
When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
- חֲלָקִ֔יםchalakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: portions
The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
- חֵ֤לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.
- חֲלָקִ֖יםchalakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: portions
The inheritance of the Simeonites was taken from the territory of Judah, because the share for Judah’s descendants was too large for them. So the Simeonites received an inheritance within Judah’s portion.
- חֵ֤לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
- חֵ֖לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
- חֵ֖לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
1 Samuel
two uses
Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
- כְּחֵ֣לֶק׀kechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like share of
- וּֽכְחֵ֛לֶקukhechelekconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and like share of
2 Samuel
one use
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- חֵ֜לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
1 Kings
one use
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
- חֵ֨לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: portion
2 Kings
three uses
And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
- בְּחֵ֥לֶקbechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in territory of
So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.
- בְּחֵ֣לֶקbechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in territory of
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- בְּחֵ֣לֶקbechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in territory of
2 Chronicles
one use
When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,
- חֵ֨לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: portion
Nehemiah
one use
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
- חֵ֧לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a share
Job
five uses
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- לְ֭חֵלֶקlechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a share
This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
- חֵֽלֶק־chelek-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
This is the wicked man’s portion from God—the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
- חֵֽלֶק־chelek-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
- חֵ֣לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
- חֶלְקִ֑יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: part my
Psalms
six uses
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- חֶלְקִ֥יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: possession my
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- חֶלְקָ֥םchelkamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: portion their
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
- חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃chelkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: portion your
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- וְחֶלְקִ֗יvechelkiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and portion my
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
- חֶלְקִ֖יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: portion my
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- חֶ֝לְקִ֗יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: portion my
Proverbs
one use
With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
- בְּחֵ֥לֶקbechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: with seductiveness of
Ecclesiastes
eight uses
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- חֶלְקִ֖יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reward my
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
- חֶלְק֔וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
- חֶלְק֑וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
- חֶלְקֽוֹ׃chelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
- חֶלְק֔וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
- וְחֵ֨לֶקvechelekconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a portion
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- חֶלְקְךָ֙chelkechanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: portion your
Divide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
Isaiah
three uses
In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- חֵ֣לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
- חֶלְקֵ֔ךְchelkekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: portion your
Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
- חֶלְקָ֑םchelkamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: portion their
Jeremiah
two uses
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- חֵ֣לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- חֵ֣לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Lamentations
one use
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
- חֶלְקִ֤יchelkinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: portion my
Ezekiel
three uses
Now the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
- הַחֲלָקִ֔יםhachalakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the portions
Bordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.
- הַחֲלָקִים֙hachalakimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the portions
The remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
- חֲלָקִ֖יםchalakimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: portions
Hosea
one use
They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ סchelkeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: portions their
Amos
one use
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
- הַחֵֽלֶק׃hachelekthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the portion of land
Micah
one use
In that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
Habakkuk
one use
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
- חֶלְק֔וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
Zechariah
one use
And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.
- חֶלְק֔וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his
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.
