H2459 · חֶלֶב
cheleb · kheh'-leb · fat, fatness, best
H2459 (cheleb, pronounced kheh'-leb) is the Hebrew word חֶלֶב in Strong’s dictionary: fat, whether literally or figuratively. It appears 92 times in 69 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- חֶלֶב (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- cheleb
- Pronunciation
- kheh'-leb
- Derivation
- or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;
- Definition
- fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
92 occurrences in 69 verses (89 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “the fat” ×34
- “with the fat” ×9
- “fat” ×4
- “the fat portions” ×4
- “and the fat” ×3
- “with fat” ×3
- “The fat” ×2
- “from the fat” ×2
By book
Genesis 2 · Exodus 3 · Leviticus 33 · Numbers 5 · Deuteronomy 2 · Judges 1 · 1 Samuel 3 · 2 Samuel 1 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Chronicles 3 · Job 1 · Psalms 6 · Isaiah 4 · Ezekiel 4
First 30 of 69 verses
- Genesis 4:4
- Genesis 45:18
- Exodus 23:18
- Exodus 29:13
- Exodus 29:22
- Leviticus 3:3
- Leviticus 3:4
- Leviticus 3:9
- Leviticus 3:10
- Leviticus 3:14
- Leviticus 3:15
- Leviticus 3:16
- Leviticus 3:17
- Leviticus 4:8
- Leviticus 4:9
- Leviticus 4:19
- Leviticus 4:26
- Leviticus 4:31
- Leviticus 4:35
- Leviticus 6:12
- Leviticus 7:3
- Leviticus 7:4
- Leviticus 7:23
- Leviticus 7:24
- Leviticus 7:25
- Leviticus 7:30
- Leviticus 7:31
- Leviticus 7:33
- Leviticus 8:16
- Leviticus 8:25
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H2459.