חֶלְקָה chelqah

Hebrew word for “portion” · Strong’s H2513 · used 29 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) portion, parcel; 1a) of ground

Senses in the lexicon

• portion (23)
• smoothness (6)

How it is translated

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

• portion 13
• portion of land 8
• portion of ground 2
• flatteries 2
• smooth part 1
• slippery places 1
• smoothness 1
• flattering words 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 9 (3), 2 Samuel 14 (2), 2 Samuel 23 (2), 2 Kings 3 (2), 1 Chronicles 11 (2), Psalms 12 (2), Genesis 27 (1), Genesis 33 (1), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Joshua 24 (1)

Forms

• חלקת 9
• החלקה 5
• בחלקת 3
• חלקות 3
• חלקה 2
• בחלקה 2
• חלקתם 1
• חלקתי 1
• וחלקה 1
• בחלקות 1

Words used with it

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

• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 7
• נָבוֹת navot “Naboth” 3
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 4
• קְשִׂיטָה qesitah “coin” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 5
• אֱלִימֶלֶךְ elimelekh “Elimelech” 2
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 3
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 4
• חֲמוֹר chamor “Hamor” 2
• יִזְרְעֵאלִי yizreeli “Jezreelite” 2
• סָתַם satam “to close” 2
• מַעְיָן mayan “spring” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 33:19 — And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
• Joshua 24:32 — And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of…
• 2 Kings 3:25 — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all…
• 2 Kings 9:25 — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode…
• 2 Kings 9:26 — Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now…
• Psalms 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
• Psalms 12:3 — The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
• Psalms 73:18 — Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
• Proverbs 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
• Isaiah 30:10 — Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
• Jeremiah 12:10 — Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
• Amos 4:7 — And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain…

See all 25 verses in the Word Atlas

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.