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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 39
    Old Testament books
  • 42
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

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

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: portion, and smoothness.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
portionStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 14:24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with…
smoothnessStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein 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.

חֵלֶםchelemdreamUses22
חֵלֶףchelephforUses2

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

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.”

    Genesis 14:24

    • 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?

    Genesis 31:14

    • 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.

    Leviticus 6:17

    • 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.

    Numbers 18:20

    • 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:

    Numbers 31:36

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 10:9

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 12:12

    • חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
  • And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

    Deuteronomy 14:27

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 14:29

    • 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.

    Deuteronomy 18:1

    • חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
  • They shall eat equal portions, even though he has received money from the sale of his father’s estate.

    Deuteronomy 18:8

    • חֵ֥לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a portion
    • כְּחֵ֖לֶקkechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: like a portion
  • But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

    Deuteronomy 32:9

    • 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.

    Joshua 14:4

    • 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.)

    Joshua 15:13

    • 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.

    Joshua 18:5

    • 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.

    Joshua 18:6

    • 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.”

    Joshua 18:7

    • 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.

    Joshua 18:9

    • 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.

    Joshua 19:9

    • 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.

    Joshua 22:25

    • 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!’

    Joshua 22:27

    • 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.”

    1 Samuel 30:24

    • 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!”

    2 Samuel 20:1

    • 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,

    1 Kings 12:16

    • 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.

    2 Kings 9:10

    • 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.

    2 Kings 9:36

    • 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.’”

    2 Kings 9:37

    • 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,

    2 Chronicles 10:16

    • 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.”

    Nehemiah 2:20

    • חֵ֧לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singulartagged: a share

Job

five uses
  • If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

    Job 17:5

    • לְ֭חֵלֶקlechelekpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a share
  • This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

    Job 20:29

    • 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.

    Job 27:13

    • 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?

    Job 31:2

    • חֵ֣לֶקcheleknoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: portion of
  • I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

    Job 32:17

    • 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.

    Psalms 16:5

    • 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.

    Psalms 17:14

    • 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.

    Psalms 50:18

    • 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.

    Psalms 73:26

    • 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.

    Psalms 119:57

    • 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.”

    Psalms 142:5

    • 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.

    Proverbs 7:21

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 2:10

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 2:21

    • 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?

    Ecclesiastes 3:22

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 5:18

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 5:19

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 9:6

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 9:9

    • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 11:2

    • 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.

    Isaiah 17:14

    • 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?

    Isaiah 57:6

    • 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.

    Isaiah 61:7

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 10:16

    • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:19

    • 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.”

    Lamentations 3:24

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 45:7

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 48:8

    • 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.

    Ezekiel 48:21

    • 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.

    Hosea 5:7

    • 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.

    Amos 7:4

    • 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.’”

    Micah 2:4

    • 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.

    Habakkuk 1:16

    • 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.

    Zechariah 2:12

    • חֶלְק֔וֹchelkonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: portion his

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