חֶלֶב
cheleb · kheh'-leb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
- fat, whether literally or figuratively
- hence, the richest or choice part
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶלֶב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
92 occurrences · 92 OT · 0 NT · 48 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the fat23 · 29%
- the fat18 · 23%
- all the fat5 · 6%
- and all the fat5 · 6%
- with the fat3 · 4%
- with fatness3 · 4%
- all his fat2 · 3%
- thereof, as the fat2 · 3%
- and their fat2 · 3%
- and of the fat1 · 1%
- neither shall the fat1 · 1%
- neither fat1 · 1%
- from it all the fat1 · 1%
- as the fat1 · 1%
- thereon the fat1 · 1%
- of it all the fat1 · 1%
- no manner of fat1 · 1%
- them on the fat1 · 1%
- but the fat1 · 1%
- of the fat1 · 1%
- all the best1 · 1%
- and all the best1 · 1%
- their fat1 · 1%
- of all the best1 · 1%
- the best1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.