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Hebrew word study

חֶלֶבcheleb — fat, whether literally or figuratively

Pronounced “kheh'-leb”

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

Translated in the King James as: best, fat(-ness), finest, grease, marrow.

Appears 90 times in Scripture

Origin: or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 4:4 Genesis 45:18

Exodus — 6×

Exodus 23:18 Exodus 29:13 Exodus 29:22+ 3 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 48×

Leviticus 3:3 Leviticus 3:4 Leviticus 3:9 Leviticus 3:10 Leviticus 3:14 Leviticus 3:15 Leviticus 3:16 Leviticus 3:17 Leviticus 4:8 Leviticus 4:9 Leviticus 4:19 Leviticus 4:26 Leviticus 4:31 Leviticus 4:35 Leviticus 6:12 Leviticus 7:3 Leviticus 7:4 Leviticus 7:23 Leviticus 7:24 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 7:30 Leviticus 7:31 Leviticus 7:33 Leviticus 8:16 Leviticus 8:25+ 23 more in Leviticus

Numbers — 6×

Numbers 18:12 Numbers 18:17 Numbers 18:29 Numbers 18:30 Numbers 18:32+ 1 more in Numbers

Deuteronomy — 3×

Deuteronomy 32:14 Deuteronomy 32:38+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Judges — 1×

1 Samuel — 3×

1 Sam 2:15 1 Sam 2:16 1 Sam 15:22

2 Samuel — 1×

1 Kings — 1×

2 Chronicles — 3×

2 Chr 7:7 2 Chr 29:35 2 Chr 35:14

Job — 1×

Psalms — 6×

Psalms 17:10 Psalms 63:5 Psalms 73:7 Psalms 81:16 Psalms 119:70 Psalms 147:14

Isaiah — 5×

Isaiah 1:11 Isaiah 34:6 Isaiah 34:7 Isaiah 43:24+ 1 more in Isaiah

Ezekiel — 4×

Ezekiel 34:3 Ezekiel 39:19 Ezekiel 44:7 Ezekiel 44:15

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