מַחֲלֹקֶת
machălôqeth · makh-al-o'-keth
a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2505 (חָלַק);
a section (of Levites, people or soldiers)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: company, course, division, portion. See also H5555 (סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחֲלֹקֶת 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and in his course11 · 28%
- according to their divisions3 · 8%
- course2 · 5%
- by course2 · 5%
- the courses2 · 5%
- them into courses1 · 3%
- now these are the divisions1 · 3%
- concerning the divisions1 · 3%
- among these were the divisions1 · 3%
- these are the divisions1 · 3%
- of the courses1 · 3%
- and over the course1 · 3%
- and of his course1 · 3%
- in his course1 · 3%
- him: and in his course1 · 3%
- of the companies1 · 3%
- also for the courses1 · 3%
- and, behold, the courses1 · 3%
- also by their courses1 · 3%
- not the courses1 · 3%
- after their courses1 · 3%
- courses1 · 3%
- according to their courses1 · 3%
- by their courses1 · 3%
- after your courses1 · 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.