חֵלֶק
chêleq · khay'lek
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2505 (חָלַק);
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
- properly, smoothness (of the tongue)
- also, an allotment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵלֶק 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
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the portion3 · 8%
- the portion3 · 8%
- parts3 · 8%
- what portion2 · 5%
- and my portion2 · 5%
- ye have no part2 · 5%
- his portion2 · 5%
- their portion2 · 5%
- a part2 · 5%
- this is the portion2 · 5%
- neither shalt thou have any part1 · 3%
- no part1 · 3%
- it unto them for their portion1 · 3%
- them: i am thy part1 · 3%
- unto him, is there yet any portion1 · 3%
- they shall have like portions1 · 3%
- shall have no part1 · 3%
- because he hath no part1 · 3%
- him; for he hath no part1 · 3%
- as he hath no part1 · 3%
- hath no part1 · 3%
- portion1 · 3%
- which was the portion1 · 3%
- have no part1 · 3%
- and the portion1 · 3%
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.