Strong's Hebrew · H5560

H5560 çôleth

סֹלֶת

so'-leth

fine flour

Looking for Greek G5560 chōlós? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5560. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

çôleth appears 53 times in Scripture, including Genesis 18:6 and Exodus 29:2. 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

flour (as chipped off)

In the King James Version

(fine) flour, meal.

Derivation

from an unused root meaning to strip;

Appears 53 times in Scripture

Exodus 29:2

“along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,”

Leviticus 14:21

“If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil,”

Leviticus 5:11

“But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.”

Exodus 29:40

“With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.”

Genesis 18:6

“So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.””

Leviticus 2:7

“If your offering is a grain offering cooked in a pan, it must consist of fine flour with oil.”

Leviticus 2:4

“Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.”

Leviticus 2:5

“If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.”

Leviticus 2:1

““When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,”

Leviticus 2:2

“and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.”

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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).

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