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Strong's H2506 חֵלֶק (cheleq)

Cheleq means “flattery” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2506 — kathairesis (“destruction”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2506
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 63
Books 24

Strong's H2506 Quick Answer

Strong's H2506 חֵלֶק (cheleq) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. cheleq (khay'lek) n-m. 1. (properly) smoothness (of the tongue) 2. also an allotment It has 63 linked Bible usages across 24 books. Visible English usage signals include inheritance, part, also, parts, and their. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
cheleq (khay'lek) n-m. 1. (properly) smoothness (of the tongue) 2. also an allotment
Usage
63 linked usages
Books
24 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
inheritance, part, also, parts, and their

Meaning and Definition

cheleq (khay'lek) n-m. 1. (properly) smoothness (of the tongue) 2. also an allotment [from H2505] KJV: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion. Root(s): H2505

Original Word
חֵלֶק
Transliteration
cheleq
Derivation
Root: חלק First root strongs: 2505
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2506. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

portion

Usage: 1) portion, share, part, territory 1a) portion, share 1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land) 1c) one's portion, one's possession 1d) (chosen) portion 1e) portion, award (from God) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laq (חֲלָק "portion" H2508)

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How Strong's H2506 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render cheleq, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

inheritance Numbers 18:20 16× part Joshua 14:4 also Job 32:17 parts Joshua 18:5 flattery Job 17:5 their Genesis 14:24

How Strong's H2506 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 63 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2506 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2506 in the Old Testament

63 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:24 KJV

Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

Genesis 31:14 KJV

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Leviticus 6:17 KJV

It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

Usage Excerpts

First 63 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2506.

Genesis 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Genesis 31:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Leviticus 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
Numbers 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
Numbers 31:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Deuteronomy 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
Deuteronomy 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
Deuteronomy 14:29 Old Testament, KJV
And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
Deuteronomy 18:1 Old Testament, KJV
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
Deuteronomy 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
Deuteronomy 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Joshua 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
Joshua 15:13 Old Testament, KJV
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
Joshua 18:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Joshua 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Joshua 18:7 Old Testament, KJV
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
Joshua 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
Joshua 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
Joshua 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
Joshua 22:27 Old Testament, KJV
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
1 Samuel 30:24 Old Testament, KJV
For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
2 Samuel 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
1 Kings 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
2 Kings 9:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
2 Kings 9:36 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
2 Kings 9:37 Old Testament, KJV
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
2 Chronicles 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
Nehemiah 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Job 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job 20:29 Old Testament, KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Job 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Job 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Psalms 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Psalms 50:18 Old Testament, KJV
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms 73:26 Old Testament, KJV
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:57 Old Testament, KJV
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Psalms 142:5 Old Testament, KJV
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Proverbs 7:21 Old Testament, KJV
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 Old Testament, KJV
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Isaiah 17:14 Old Testament, KJV
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Isaiah 57:6 Old Testament, KJV
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these?
Isaiah 61:7 Old Testament, KJV
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Jeremiah 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah 51:19 Old Testament, KJV
The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.
Lamentations 3:24 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Ezekiel 45:7 Old Testament, KJV
And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border.
Ezekiel 48:8 Old Testament, KJV
And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
Ezekiel 48:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof.
Hosea 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
Amos 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Micah 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Habakkuk 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
Zechariah 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2506, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 9 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 6 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 8 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2506 FAQ

What does cheleq (חֵלֶק) mean?

Cheleq (Strong's H2506) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "flattery". cheleq (khay'lek) n-m. 1. (properly) smoothness (of the tongue) 2. also an allotment

How many times is cheleq (חֵלֶק) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 63 linked usages for Strong's H2506 across 24 books.

Where can I study cheleq (חֵלֶק) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2506 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate cheleq (חֵלֶק)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as inheritance, part, also, parts, their, and flattery. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.