Strong's Hebrew · H2500

חֵלֶף

chêleph · klay'-lef

[idiom] for.

Definition

properly, exchange; hence (as preposition) instead of

Derivation

from H2498 (חָלַף);

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Numbers 18:31

And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 18:21

Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

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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).

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