Strong's Hebrew · H2459
H2459 cheleb
חֶלֶב
kheh'-leb
fat
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cheleb appears 90 times in Scripture, including Genesis 4:4 and Exodus 23:18. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
In the King James Version
× best, fat(-ness), × finest, grease, marrow.
Derivation
or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;
Appears 90 times in Scripture
“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.”
“both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.”
“Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.”
“Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),”
“Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’”
“They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.””
“He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.”
“while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
