Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
forgiving
Usage: ready to forgive, forgiving
Callach means “ready to forgive” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G5546 — christianos (“Christian”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H5546 סַלָּח (callach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. callach (saw-lawkh') adj. 1. forgiving [from H5545] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include ready. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
callach (saw-lawkh') adj. 1. forgiving [from H5545] KJV: ready to forgive. Root(s): H5545
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5546. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
forgiving
Usage: ready to forgive, forgiving
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render callach, 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.
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.
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.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H5546.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5546, grouped by book.
Callach (Strong's H5546) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "ready to forgive". callach (saw-lawkh') adj. 1. forgiving [from H5545]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H5546 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5546 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as ready. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.