Strong's Hebrew · H2509

חָלָק

châlâq · khaw-lawk'

flattering, smooth.

Definition

smooth (especially of tongue)

Derivation

from H2505 (חָלַק);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Genesis 27:11

Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 5:3

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Ezekiel 12:24

For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,

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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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