Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H2461

Strong's H2461 · Hebrew

חָלָב

châlâb · /khaw-lawb'/

Number
H2461
Language
Hebrew
Original word
חָלָב
Transliteration
châlâb
Pronunciation
khaw-lawb'
KJV occurrences
44 verses

Definition

milk (as the richness of kine)

KJV: [phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.

Root / derivation: from the same as H2459 (חֶלֶב);

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered חָלָב across 44 verses.

milk42×
cheeses1×
sucking1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

44 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis2 verses
Exodus6 verses
Exodus 3:8

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Exodus 3:17

And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 13:5

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 23:19

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Exodus 33:3

Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.

Exodus 34:26

The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Leviticus1 verse
Numbers4 verses
Deuteronomy8 verses
Deuteronomy 6:3

Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 11:9

And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 14:21

Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

Deuteronomy 26:9

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 26:15

Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

Deuteronomy 27:3

And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.

Deuteronomy 31:20

For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Deuteronomy 32:14

Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

Joshua1 verse
Judges2 verses
1 Samuel2 verses
Job2 verses
Proverbs2 verses
Song of Solomon3 verses
Isaiah4 verses
Jeremiah2 verses
Lamentations1 verse
Ezekiel3 verses
Joel1 verse

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H2461 (châlâb) mean?

milk (as the richness of kine)

How many times does H2461 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H2461 (חָלָב) appears in 44 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “milk.”

How is châlâb translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H2461 is rendered as “milk” (42×), “cheeses” (1×), “sucking” (1×).

Where does the Hebrew word חָלָב come from?

from the same as H2459 (חֶלֶב);