Strong's Hebrew · H2457
חֶלְאָה
chelʼâh · khel-aw'
scum.
Definition
properly, disease; hence, rust
Derivation
from H2456 (חָלָא);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“Set the empty pot on its coals until it becomes hot and its copper glows. Then its impurity will melt within; its rust will be consumed.”
“It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.”
“Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).