Strong's Definition
or cheleb {khay'-leb}; from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV Usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֵ֫לֶב (che.lev) — fat. 1) fat 1a) fat (of humans) 1b) fat (of beasts) 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חָלָב · חֶלְבְּנָה
fat = fat parts ◄ of the body of animals and human beings; ► often the main ingredient of a sacrifice; ≈ regarded as the best part of the meat, but also associated with unresponsiveness and stubbornness
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name
Names of People | ≈ חֵלֶד · חֶלְדַּי
Heleb = man, also known as Heled and Heldai; ◄ son of Baanah; from Netophah; ► warrior; time of king David
1 PSA 17:10 It may be necessary to emend this verse as follows: חֵלֶב לִבָּמֹו סָגְרוּ "they have shut the fat of their hearts" 2 EZK 34:3 MT RSV NJPS NRSV | NIV NJB REB GNT CEV חָלָב "milk.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֵ֫לֶב n.m. fat fat of human body
fat of beasts
choicest, best part of products of land
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