חָלַק chalaq

Hebrew word for “to divide” · Strong’s H2505 · used 65 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1) to divide, share, plunder, allot, apportion, assign;

Senses in the lexicon

• to divide (56)
• to smooth (9)

How it is translated

Glosses given for chalaq in context, with how often each is used:

• will be divided 6
• divided 6
• will divide 5
• will divide up 4
• apportioned 3
• divides 2
• had assigned 2
• will share 2
• distributed 2
• distribute 2
• makes smooth 2
• divided himself 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 26 (3), Joshua 18 (3), 1 Chronicles 24 (3), Genesis 49 (2), Proverbs 29 (2), Genesis 14 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Deuteronomy 4 (1), Deuteronomy 29 (1), Joshua 13 (1)

Forms

• יחלק 10
• חלק 8
• ויחלק 4
• תחלק 4
• חלקו 4
• יחלקו 3
• אחלק 2
• ויחלקו 2
• מחלק 2
• ויחלקם 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chalaq more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שָׁלָל shalal “spoil” 10
• גּוֹרָל goral “allotted” 7
• נַחֲלָה nachalah “inheritance” 7
• אֶלְעָזָר elazar “Eleazar” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 7
• אִיתָמָר itamar “Ithamar” 3
• רַב rav “many” 5
• עַד ad “prey” 2
• אֶשְׁפָּר eshpar “raisin bun” 2
• חֶבֶל chevel “cord” 3
• חֵלֶק cheleq “portion” 3
• גָּבֶר gaver “great man” 3

Key verses

The verses using chalaq that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• Deuteronomy 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to…
• Nehemiah 9:22 — Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon,…
• Psalms 5:9 — For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
• Psalms 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
• Proverbs 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
• Proverbs 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
• Isaiah 9:3 — Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
• Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was…
• Hosea 10:2 — Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
• Joel 3:2 — I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage…
• Micah 2:4 — In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.