חָלָב
châlâb · khaw-lawb'
milk (as the richness of kine)
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H2459 (חֶלֶב);
milk (as the richness of kine)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.
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 חָלָב 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
44 occurrences · 44 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- with milk23 · 52%
- and milk4 · 9%
- milk4 · 9%
- of milk4 · 9%
- him milk1 · 2%
- sucking1 · 2%
- cheeses1 · 2%
- as milk1 · 2%
- with my milk1 · 2%
- from the milk1 · 2%
- the milk1 · 2%
- than milk1 · 2%
- thy milk1 · 2%
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.