H2459Hebrew

חֶלֶב

cheleb(kheh'-leb)
92 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word

Definition

From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)

Strong's Definition

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

Translated in KJV as

[idiom] bestfat(-ness)[idiom] finestgreasemarrow.

Etymology

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

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