2461. chalab
Strong's Concordance
chalab: milk
Original Word: חָלָב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chalab
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawb')
Definition: milk
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
milk
NASB Translation
cheese (1), milk (41), suckling (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָלָב noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic חַלָבָּא, , Phoenician חלב; Arabic noun fresh milk, verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see DlPr 174; Ethiopic ) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 18:18 35t. + Ezekiel 34:3 (see below); construct חֲלֵב Exodus 23:19 5t.; suffix חֲלָבִי Songs 5:1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ezekiel 25:4; — milk:

a. as common food Genesis 18:8 (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, q. v.), חֲלֵב צאֹן Deuteronomy 32:14 (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in Judges 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב: — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה Proverbs 30:33 a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה Isaiah 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (׳נאֹוד ח) Judges 4:19; men drank it (שׁתה) Ezekiel 25:4 (compare השׁקה Judges 4:19), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב Ezekiel 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי ׳הֲלֹא כֶח Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically (1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Proverbs 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RSSemitic i. 204). (2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 (JE) = Deuteronomy 14:21, compare ׳טְלֵה ח 1 Samuel 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings ׳גְּמוּלֵי מֵח Isaiah 28:9 weaned from milk ("" עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם Isaiah 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations ("" תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים). (3) ׳ח with wine, as especially delicacy Songs 5:1 (see De), figurative of ׳יs choicest blessings Isaiah 55:1. (4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey Exodus 3:8,17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13,14 (all J E), Leviticus 20:24 (H), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9,15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 5:6; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6,15; in Messianic time the hills ׳תֵּלַכְנָה ח Joel 4:18 ("" יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ ׳דְּבַשׁ וְח Songs 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.

b. milk as white ׳לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח Genesis 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; ׳צַחוּ מֵח Lamentations 4:7 they were whiter than milk ("" זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) ׳רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח Songs 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RSSemitic 204.

II. חלב (√of following; perhaps compare Assyrian —alâbu, be covered, VR Cant 8:83 LyonManual, Gloss, —allibu, cover, clothe IR:18, 68 —allubtu, clothing, LyonSargontexte 14, —itlupatu, na—lapu (read b for p) SchrCOT Gloss).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cheese, milk, sucking

From the same as cheleb; milk (as the richness of kine) -- + cheese, milk, sucking.

see HEBREW cheleb

Forms and Transliterations
בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב בַּחֲלֵ֥ב בחלב הֶֽחָלָב֙ הֶחָלָ֛ב החלב וְחָלָ֗ב וְחָלָֽב׃ וְחָלָב֙ וַחֲלֵ֣ב וחלב וחלב׃ חֲלֵ֣ב חֲלֵ֬ב חֲלָבִ֑י חֲלָבֵֽךְ׃ חָלָ֑ב חָלָ֔ב חָלָ֖ב חָלָ֛ב חָלָ֡ב חָלָ֣ב חָלָ֤ב חָלָ֥ב חָלָב֙ חלב חלבי חלבך׃ כֶ֭חָלָב כחלב מֵֽחָלָ֔ב מֵחָלָ֑ב מֵחָלָֽב׃ מחלב מחלב׃ ba·ḥă·lêḇ bachaLev baḥălêḇ be·ḥā·lāḇ bechaLav beḥālāḇ chaLav chalaVech chalaVi chaLev chechalo ḥă·lā·ḇêḵ ḥă·lā·ḇî ḥā·lāḇ ḥă·lêḇ ḥālāḇ ḥălāḇêḵ ḥălāḇî ḥălêḇ he·ḥā·lāḇ hechaLav heḥālāḇ ḵe·ḥā·lāḇ ḵeḥālāḇ mê·ḥā·lāḇ mechaLav mêḥālāḇ vachaLev vechaLav wa·ḥă·lêḇ waḥălêḇ wə·ḥā·lāḇ wəḥālāḇ
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Genesis 18:8
HEB: וַיִּקַּ֨ח חֶמְאָ֜ה וְחָלָ֗ב וּבֶן־ הַבָּקָר֙
NAS: curds and milk and the calf
KJV: butter, and milk, and the calf
INT: took curds and milk afflicted bull

Genesis 49:12
HEB: וּלְבֶן־ שִׁנַּ֖יִם מֵחָלָֽב׃ פ
NAS: And his teeth white from milk.
KJV: and his teeth white with milk.
INT: white and his teeth milk

Exodus 3:8
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֶל־
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: flowing with milk and honey;
INT: A land flowing milk and honey to

Exodus 3:17
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: flowing with milk and honey.'
KJV: flowing with milk and honey.
INT: A land flowing milk and honey

Exodus 13:5
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ וְעָבַדְתָּ֛
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: flowing with milk and honey,
INT: A land flowing milk and honey you shall observe

Exodus 23:19
HEB: תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃ ס
NAS: a young goat in the milk of its mother.
KJV: a kid in his mother's milk.
INT: to boil A young the milk mother

Exodus 33:3
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ כִּי֩
NAS: flowing with milk and honey;
KJV: flowing with milk and honey:
INT: A land flowing milk and honey because

Exodus 34:26
HEB: תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃ פ
NAS: a young goat in its mother's milk.
KJV: a kid in his mother's milk.
INT: boil A young milk mother's

Leviticus 20:24
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ אֲנִי֙
NAS: flowing with milk and honey.
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey:
INT: A land flowing milk and honey Myself

Numbers 13:27
HEB: וְ֠גַם זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֥ב וּדְבַ֛שׁ הִ֖וא
NAS: does flow with milk and honey,
KJV: us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey;
INT: certainly flow milk and honey he

Numbers 14:8
HEB: הִ֛וא זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: which flows with milk and honey.
KJV: which floweth with milk and honey.
INT: he flows milk and honey

Numbers 16:13
HEB: מֵאֶ֨רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ לַהֲמִיתֵ֖נוּ
NAS: flowing with milk and honey
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey,
INT: of a land flowing milk and honey die

Numbers 16:14
HEB: אֶרֶץ֩ זָבַ֨ת חָלָ֤ב וּדְבַשׁ֙ הֲבִ֣יאֹתָ֔נוּ
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey,
INT: A land flowing milk and honey brought

Deuteronomy 6:3
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ פ
NAS: flowing with milk and honey.
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey.
INT: you a land flowing milk and honey

Deuteronomy 11:9
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס
NAS: a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey.
INT: A land flowing milk and honey

Deuteronomy 14:21
HEB: תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל גְּדִ֖י בַּחֲלֵ֥ב אִמּֽוֹ׃ פ
NAS: a young goat in its mother's milk.
KJV: a kid in his mother's milk.
INT: boil A young milk mother's

Deuteronomy 26:9
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: a land flowing with milk and honey.
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey.
INT: A land flowing milk and honey

Deuteronomy 26:15
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ס
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey.
INT: A land flowing milk and honey

Deuteronomy 27:3
HEB: אֶ֣רֶץ זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey;
INT: A land flowing milk and honey which

Deuteronomy 31:20
HEB: לַאֲבֹתָ֗יו זָבַ֤ת חָלָב֙ וּדְבַ֔שׁ וְאָכַ֥ל
NAS: flowing with milk and honey,
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey;
INT: to their fathers flowing milk and honey have eaten

Deuteronomy 32:14
HEB: חֶמְאַ֨ת בָּקָ֜ר וַחֲלֵ֣ב צֹ֗אן עִם־
NAS: of cows, and milk of the flock,
KJV: of kine, and milk of sheep,
INT: Curds of cows and milk of the flock With

Joshua 5:6
HEB: אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃
NAS: flowing with milk and honey.
KJV: that floweth with milk and honey.
INT: A land flowing milk and honey

Judges 4:19
HEB: אֶת־ נֹ֧אוד הֶחָלָ֛ב וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ׃
NAS: a bottle of milk and gave him a drink;
KJV: a bottle of milk, and gave him drink,
INT: opened A bottle of milk to drink covered

Judges 5:25
HEB: מַ֥יִם שָׁאַ֖ל חָלָ֣ב נָתָ֑נָה בְּסֵ֥פֶל
NAS: [and] she gave him milk; In a magnificent
KJV: [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth
INT: water asked milk gave bowl

1 Samuel 7:9
HEB: שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל טְלֵ֤ה חָלָב֙ אֶחָ֔ד [וַיַּעֲלֶה
NAS: took a suckling lamb
KJV: took a sucking lamb, and offered
INT: Samuel lamb A suckling a arise

44 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 2461
44 Occurrences


ba·ḥă·lêḇ — 3 Occ.
be·ḥā·lāḇ — 1 Occ.
ḥā·lāḇ — 26 Occ.
ḥă·lā·ḇêḵ — 1 Occ.
ḥă·lā·ḇî — 1 Occ.
ḥă·lêḇ — 2 Occ.
ḵe·ḥā·lāḇ — 1 Occ.
he·ḥā·lāḇ — 2 Occ.
mê·ḥā·lāḇ — 3 Occ.
wa·ḥă·lêḇ — 1 Occ.
wə·ḥā·lāḇ — 3 Occ.
















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