Strong's Hebrew · H2506
חֵלֶק
chêleq · khay'lek
flattery, inheritance, part, [idiom] partake, portion.
Definition
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
Derivation
from H2505 (חָלַק);
Appears 67 times in Scripture
“I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.”
“When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,”
“I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.””
“And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?”
“Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.”
“This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,”
“When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.”
“It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.”
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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).