חֵ֫לֶק
che.leqportionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine67 occurrences24 books63 verses
Definition
from H2505; properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
Traditional renderings: flattery, inheritance, part, × partake, portion.
Traditional renderings: flattery, inheritance, part, × partake, portion.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֵ֫לֶק:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
67 total
- Ecclesiastes 9:6וְחֵ֨לֶק · a shareTheir love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9חֶלְקְךָ֙ · is your portionEnjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 11:2חֵ֥לֶק · your portionDivide your portion among seven, or even eight, for you do not know what disaster may befall the land.
- Isaiah 17:14חֵ֣לֶק · [is] the portionIn the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- Isaiah 57:6חֶלְקֵ֔ךְ · Your portionYour portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
- Isaiah 61:7חֶלְקָ֑ם · in their shareInstead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.
- Jeremiah 10:16חֵ֣לֶק · The PortionThe Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Jeremiah 51:19חֵ֣לֶק · The PortionThe Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Lamentations 3:24חֶלְקִ֤י · is my portion“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
- Ezekiel 45:7הַחֲלָקִ֔ים · of the [tribal] portionsNow the prince will have the area bordering each side of the area formed by the holy district and the property of the city, extending westward from the western side and eastward from the eastern side, running lengthwise from the western boundary to the eastern boundary and parallel to one of the tribal portions.
- Ezekiel 48:8הַחֲלָקִים֙ · tribal portionBordering the territory of Judah, from east to west, will be the portion you are to set apart. It will be 25,000 cubits wide, and the length of a tribal portion from east to west. In the center will be the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 48:21חֲלָקִ֖ים · the [tribal] portionsThe remaining area on both sides of the holy portion and of the property of the city will belong to the prince. He will own the land adjacent to the tribal portions, extending eastward from the 25,000 cubits of the holy district toward the eastern border, and westward from the 25,000 cubits to the western border. And in the center of them will be the holy portion and the sanctuary of the temple.
- Hosea 5:7חֶלְקֵיהֶֽם׃ס · along with their landThey have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
- Amos 7:4הַחֵֽלֶק׃ · the landThis is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
- Micah 2:4חֵ֥לֶק · the portionIn that day they will take up a proverb against you and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ‘We are utterly ruined! He has changed the portion of my people. How He has removed it from me! He has allotted our fields to traitors.’”
- Habakkuk 1:16חֶלְק֔וֹ · his portionTherefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
- Zechariah 2:12חֶלְק֔וֹ · as His portionAnd the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.