H2459 - חֶלֶב (cheleb)

H2459 חֶלֶב (cheleb) kheh'-leb

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fat

Strong's Definition

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

Derivation: or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;

KJV Usage: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.

TWOT Reference: 651a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fat

1a) fat (of humans)

1b) fat (of beasts)

1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G536 G2378 G3452

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) fat 1a) fat (of humans) 1b) fat (of beasts) 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵלֶב / חֶלֶב cheleb / chêleb BDB Definition: 1) fat 1a) fat (of humans) 1b) fat (of beasts) 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land) Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to be fat Same Word by TWOT Number: 651a Total KJV Occurrences: 92

Bible Occurrences (69)

4:4 45:18

23:18 29:13 29:22

3:3 3:4 3:9 3:10 3:14 3:15 3:16 3:17 4:8 4:9 4:19 4:26 4:31 4:35 6:12 7:3 7:4 7:23 7:24 7:25 7:30 7:31 7:33 8:16 8:25 8:26 9:10 9:19 9:20 9:24 10:15 16:25 17:6

18:12 18:17 18:29 18:30 18:32

32:14 32:38

3:22

2:15 2:16 15:22

1:22

8:64

7:7 29:35 35:14

15:27

17:10 63:5 73:7 81:16 119:70 147:14

1:11 34:6 34:7 43:24

34:3 39:19 44:7 44:15

Genesis 4:4

while Abel... brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

Genesis 45:18

Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.

Exodus 23:18

You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

Exodus 29:13

Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.

Exodus 29:22

Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),

Leviticus 3:3

From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on [them],

Leviticus 3:4

both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.

Leviticus 3:9

And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that [is] on [them],