חֵלֶקchêleq
חֵ֫לֶק: portion, tract, territory
Pronunciation: khay'lek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2506
Meanings
1. portion, share
c. share, interest in (Ecclesiastes 9:6; Genesis 31:14; 2 Samuel 20:1)
d. share, part (Job 32:17)
2. portion, tract, of land
a. portions (Joshua 19:9; Joshua 18:5; Joshua 18:6)
d. town-land (2 Kings 9:10; 2 Kings 9:36; 1 Kings 21:23)
e. land (Amos 7:4)
3. portion, i.e. (acquired) possession
4. chosen portion, habitual mode of life (Psalms 50:18; Isaiah 57:6; Psalms 17:14)
5. portion, award (Job 31:2; Isaiah 17:14; Job 27:13)
חֵ֫לֶק: smoothness, seductiveness, of speech (Proverbs 7:21)
Same root
- חָלַקchâlaq · H2505to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
- חֵלֶקChêleq · H2507Chelek, an Israelite
- חֶלְקָהchelqâh · H2513properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
- חִלְקִיָּהChilqîyâh · H2518Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
Where it appears
Appears 67 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:24 I will accept only what my young warriors have already eaten, and I request that you give a fair share of the goods to my allies—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre.”
- Genesis 31:14 Rachel and Leah responded, “That’s fine with us! We won’t inherit any of our father’s wealth anyway.
- Leviticus 6:17 Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.
- Numbers 18:20 And the Lord said to Aaron, “You priests will receive no allotment of land or share of property among the people of Israel. I am your share and your allotment.
- Numbers 31:36 Half of the plunder was given to the fighting men. It totaled 337,500 sheep and goats,
- Deuteronomy 10:9 That is why the Levites have no share of property or possession of land among the other Israelite tribes. The Lord himself is their special possession, as the Lord your God told them.)
See every passage
- Genesis 14:24, 31:14
- Leviticus 6:17
- Numbers 18:20, 31:36
- Deuteronomy 10:9, 12:12, 14:27, 14:29, 18:1, 18:8, 32:9
- Joshua 14:4, 15:13, 18:5, 18:6, 18:7, 18:9, 19:9, 22:25, 22:27
- 1 Samuel 30:24
- 2 Samuel 20:1
- 1 Kings 12:16
- 2 Kings 9:10, 9:36, 9:37
- 2 Chronicles 10:16
- Nehemiah 2:20
- Job 17:5, 20:29, 27:13, 31:2, 32:17
- Psalms 16:5, 17:14, 50:18, 73:26, 119:57, 142:5
- Proverbs 7:21
- Ecclesiastes 2:10, 2:21, 3:22, 5:18, 5:19, 9:6, 9:9, 11:2
- Isaiah 17:14, 57:6, 61:7
- Jeremiah 10:16, 51:19
- Lamentations 3:24
- Ezekiel 45:7, 48:8, 48:21
- Hosea 5:7
- Amos 7:4
- Micah 2:4
- Habakkuk 1:16
- Zechariah 2:12
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).