KJV

KJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H2461 - ḥālāḇ

Aa
חָלָב
Transliteration
ḥālāḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-lawb'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as חֵלֶב (H2459)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 650a

Strong’s Definitions

חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H2461 in the following manner: milk (42x), cheeses (1x), sucking (1x).
  1. milk, sour milk, cheese

    1. milk

    2. abundance of the land (metaph.)

    3. white (as milk)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.
STRONGS H2461: Abbreviations
חָלָב noun masculine milk (Late Hebrew id. (and verb denominative); Aramaic חַלָבָּא, axblfo, Phoenician חלב; Arabic حَليبً noun fresh milk, حَلَبَ verb milk; Assyrian alibu, milk, see DlPr 174; Ethiopic ሐሊብ፡) — ח׳ absolute Genesis 18:18 + 35 times + Ezekiel 34:3 (see below); construct חֲלֵב Exodus 23:19 + 5 times; suffix חֲלָבִי Songs 5:1, חֲלָבֵךְ Ezekiel 25:4; — milk:
a. as common food Genesis 18:8 (J; distinct from חֶמְאָה curd, which see), חֲלֵב צאֹן Deuteronomy 32:14 (poetry; distinct from חֶמְאַת בָּקָר); in Judges 5:25 חָלָב is used parallel with חֶמְאָה; elsewhere חֶמְאָה seems to be produced from חָלָב : — מִיץ חָלָב יוֺצִיא חֶמְאָה Proverbs 30:33 a pressing (squeezing) of milk produces curd; מֵרֹב עֲשׂוֺת חָלָב יאֹכַל חֶמְאָה Isaiah 7:22 because of abundant yield of milk he shall eat curd; compare also חֲרִצֵי הֶחָלָב 1 Samuel 17:18 cuts of milk, i.e. cheeses; it was received in buckets or pails (עֲטִינָיו) Job 21:24 (see Ew De Di VB), and kept in skins (נאֹוד ח׳) Judges 4:19; men drank it (שׁתה) Ezekiel 25:4 (compare השׁקה Judges 4:19), but also ate it (אכל), if emendation הֶחָלָב Ezekiel 34:3 (for הַחֵלֶב) is right, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Bo Hi-Sm Co, and others; it was poured out, see simile of formation of the embryo תַּתִּיכֵנִי הֲלֹא כֶח׳ Job 10:10 hast thou not poured me out like milk? specifically
(1) חֲלֵב עִזִּים לְלַחְמְךָ Proverbs 27:27 milk of goats for thy food (RSSemitic i. 204).
(2) with אֵם mother's milk: of kid לֹאתְֿבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֺ Exodus 23:19 = Exodus 34:26 (JE) = Deuteronomy 14:21, compare טְלֵה ח׳ 1 Samuel 7:9 sucking lamb (for sacrifice); but also of human beings גְּמוּלֵי מֵח׳ Isaiah 28:9 weaned from milk (|| עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָ֫יִם); figurative in promise to Zion וְיָנַקְתְּ חֲלֵב גּוֺיִם Isaiah 60:16 and thou shalt suck the milk of nations (|| תִּינָ֑קִי וְשֹׁד מְלָכִים).
(3) ח׳ with wine, as especially delicacy Songs 5:1 (see De), figurative of י׳''s choicest blessings Isaiah 55:1.
(4) often in phrase of productiveness of land of Canaan (דְּבַשׁ) זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָ֫שׁ flowing with milk and honey Exodus 3:8, 17; Exodus 13:5; Exodus 33:3; Numbers 13:27; Numbers 14:8; Numbers 16:13, 14 (all J E), Leviticus 20:24 (H), Deuteronomy 6:3; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; Deuteronomy 27:3; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 5:6; Jeremiah 11:5; Jeremiah 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15; in Messianic time the hills תֵּלַכְנָה ח׳ Joel 4:18 (|| יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס); figurative of charms of loved one תַּחַת לְשׁוֺנֵךְ דְּבַשׁ וְח׳ Songs 4:12 honey and milk are under thy tongue.
b. milk as white לְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵח׳ Genesis 49:12 white of teeth, from milk; צַחוּ מֵח׳ Lamentations 4:7 they were whiter than milk (|| זַכּוּ מִשֶּׁלֶג); so also probably of eyes (iris) רֹחֲצוֺת בֶּח׳ Songs 5:12 bathed in milk, i.e. the white of the eye. — On milk as not used by Israel in sacrifice see RSSemitic 204.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:8; 18:18; 49:12

Exodus

3:8; 3:17; 13:5; 23:19; 23:19; 33:3; 34:26

Leviticus

20:24

Numbers

13:27; 14:8; 16:13; 16:14

Deuteronomy

6:3; 11:9; 14:21; 26:9; 26:15; 27:3; 31:20; 32:14

Joshua

5:6

Judges

4:19; 4:19; 5:25

1 Samuel

7:9; 17:18

Job

10:10; 21:24

Proverbs

27:27; 30:33

Song of Songs

4:12; 5:1; 5:1; 5:12

Isaiah

7:22; 28:9; 55:1; 60:16

Jeremiah

11:5; 32:22

Lamentations

4:7

Ezekiel

20:6; 20:15; 25:4; 25:4; 34:3; 34:3

H2461

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2461 matches the Hebrew חָלָב (ḥālāḇ),
which occurs 44 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:8 - And he took H3947 butter, H2529 and milk, H2461 and H1121 the calf H1241 which H834 he had dressed, H6213 and set H5414 it before them; H6440 and he H1931 stood H5975 by them H5921 under H8478 the tree, H6086 and they did eat. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:12 - His eyes H5869 shall be red H2447 with wine, H3196 and H3836 his teeth H8127 white H3836 with milk. H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:8 - And I am come down H3381 to deliver them H5337 out of the hand H3027 of the Egyptians, H4714 and to bring them up H5927 out of H4480 that H1931 land H776 unto H413 a H776 good H2896 land H776 and a large, H7342 unto H413 a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706 unto H413 the place H4725 of the Canaanites, H3669 and the Hittites, H2850 and the Amorites, H567 and the Perizzites, H6522 and the Hivites, H2340 and the Jebusites. H2983
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:17 - And I have said, H559 I will bring H5927 you H853 up out of the affliction H6040 of Egypt H4714 unto H413 the land H776 of the Canaanites, H3669 and the Hittites, H2850 and the Amorites, H567 and the Perizzites, H6522 and the Hivites, H2340 and the Jebusites, H2983 unto H413 a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - And it shall be H1961 when H3588 the LORD H3068 shall bring thee H935 into H413 the land H776 of the Canaanites, H3669 and the Hittites, H2850 and the Amorites, H567 and the Hivites, H2340 and the Jebusites, H2983 which H834 he sware H7650 unto thy fathers H1 to give H5414 thee, a land H776 flowing with H2100 milk H2461 and honey, H1706 that thou shalt keep H5647 this H2063 service H5656 in H2320 this H2088 month. H2320
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:19 - The first H7225 of the firstfruits H1061 of thy land H127 thou shalt bring into H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 thy God. H430 Thou shalt H1310 not H3808 seethe H1310 a kid H1423 in H2461 his mother's H517 milk.  H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:3 - Unto H413 a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey: H1706 for H3588 I will H5927 not H3808 go up H5927 in the midst of thee; H7130 for H3588 thou H859 art a H5971 stiffnecked H7186 H6203 people: H5971 lest H6435 I consume thee H3615 in the way. H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:26 - The first H7225 of the firstfruits H1061 of thy land H127 thou shalt bring unto H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 thy God. H430 Thou shalt H1310 not H3808 seethe H1310 a kid H1423 in H2461 his mother's H517 milk.  H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - But I have said H559 unto you, Ye H859 shall inherit H3423 their land, H127 and I H589 will give it H5414 unto you to possess H3423 it, H853 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey: H1706 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which H834 have separated H914 you H853 from H4480 other people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:27 - And they told H5608 him, and said, H559 We came H935 unto H413 the land H776 whither H834 thou sentest us, H7971 and surely H1571 it H1931 floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706 and this H2088 is the fruit of it. H6529
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:8 - If H518 the LORD H3068 delight H2654 in us, then he will bring H935 us H853 into H413 this H2063 land, H776 and give it H5414 us; a land H776 which H834 floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:13 - Is it a small thing H4592 that H3588 thou hast brought us up H5927 out of a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 to kill us H4191 in the wilderness, H4057 except H3588 thou make thyself H8323 altogether H1571 a prince H8323 over us? H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:14 - Moreover H637 thou hast H935 not H3808 brought us H935 into H413 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 or given H5414 us inheritance H5159 of fields H7704 and vineyards: H3754 wilt thou put out H5365 the eyes H5869 of H376 these H1992 men? H376 we will H5927 not H3808 come up. H5927
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:3 - Hear therefore, H8085 O Israel, H3478 and observe H8104 to do H6213 it; that H834 it may be well H3190 with thee, and that H834 ye may increase H7235 mightily, H3966 as H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of thy fathers H1 hath promised H1696 thee, in the land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - And that H4616 ye may prolong H748 your days H3117 in H5921 the land, H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 sware H7650 unto your fathers H1 to give H5414 unto them and to their seed, H2233 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - Ye shall H398 not H3808 eat H398 of any thing H3605 that dieth of itself: H5038 thou shalt give it H5414 unto the stranger H1616 that H834 is in thy gates, H8179 that he may eat it; H398 or H176 thou mayest sell it H4376 unto an alien: H5237 for H3588 thou H859 art an H5971 holy H6918 people H5971 unto the LORD H3068 thy God. H430 Thou shalt H1310 not H3808 seethe H1310 a kid H1423 in H2461 his mother's H517 milk.  H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:9 - And he hath brought us H935 into H413 this H2088 place, H4725 and hath given H5414 us this H2063 land, H776 even a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:15 - Look down H8259 from H4583 thy holy H6944 habitation, H4583 from H4480 heaven, H8064 and bless H1288 thy people H5971 Israel, H3478 and H853 the land H127 which H834 thou hast given H5414 us, as H834 thou swarest H7650 unto our fathers, H1 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:3 - And thou shalt write H3789 upon them H5921 all H3605 the words H1697 of H8451 this H2063 law, H8451 when thou art passed over, H5674 that H4616 thou mayest go in H935 unto H413 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 thee, a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706 as H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of thy fathers H1 hath promised H1696 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - For H3588 when I shall have brought them H935 into H413 the land H127 which H834 I sware H7650 unto their fathers, H1 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706 and they shall have eaten H398 and filled themselves, H7646 and waxen fat; H1878 then will they turn H6437 unto H413 other H312 gods, H430 and serve them, H5647 and provoke me, H5006 and break H6565 my covenant. H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:14 - Butter H2529 of kine, H1241 and milk H2461 of sheep, H6629 with H5973 fat H2459 of lambs, H3733 and rams H352 of the breed H1121 of Bashan, H1316 and goats, H6260 with H5973 the fat H2459 of kidneys H3629 of wheat; H2406 and H1818 thou didst drink H8354 the H1818 pure H2561 blood H1818 of the grape. H6025
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:6 - For H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 walked H1980 forty H705 years H8141 in the wilderness, H4057 till H5704 all H3605 the people H1471 that were men H376 of war, H4421 which came out H3318 of Egypt, H4714 were consumed, H8552 because H834 they obeyed H8085 not H3808 the voice H6963 of the LORD: H3068 unto whom H834 the LORD H3068 sware H7650 that H1115 he would H7200 not H1115 shew them H7200 the land, H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 sware H7650 unto their fathers H1 that he would give H5414 us, a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:19 - And he said H559 unto her, H413 Give me, H8248 I pray thee, H4994 a little H4592 water H4325 to drink; H8248 for H3588 I am thirsty. H6770 And she opened H6605 a bottle H4997 of milk, H2461 and gave him drink, H8248 and covered him. H3680
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:25 - He asked H7592 water, H4325 and she gave H5414 him milk; H2461 she brought forth H7126 butter H2529 in a H5602 lordly H117 dish. H5602
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:9 - And H3947 Samuel H8050 took H3947 a H259 sucking H2461 lamb, H2924 and offered H5927 it for a burnt offering H5930 wholly H3632 unto the LORD: H3068 and H2199 Samuel H8050 cried H2199 unto H413 the LORD H3068 for H1157 Israel; H3478 and H6030 the LORD H3068 heard him. H6030
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - And H853 carry H935 these H428 ten H6235 cheeses H2757 H2461 unto the captain H8269 of H505 their thousand, H505 and H853 look how H6485 thy brethren H251 fare, H7965 and H853 take H3947 their pledge. H6161
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:10 - Hast thou H5413 not H3808 poured me out H5413 as milk, H2461 and H1385 curdled me H7087 like cheese? H1385
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:24 - His breasts H5845 are full H4390 of milk, H2461 and H4221 his bones H6106 are moistened H8248 with marrow. H4221
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:27 - And H1767 thou shalt have goats' H5795 milk H2461 enough H1767 for thy food, H3899 for the food H3899 of thy household, H1004 and for the maintenance H2416 for thy maidens. H5291
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - Surely H3588 the churning H4330 of milk H2461 bringeth forth H3318 butter, H2529 and the wringing H4330 of the nose H639 bringeth forth H3318 blood: H1818 so the forcing H4330 of wrath H639 bringeth forth H3318 strife. H7379
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Thy lips, H8193 O H3618 my spouse, H3618 drop H5197 as the honeycomb: H5317 honey H1706 and milk H2461 are under H8478 thy tongue; H3956 and the smell H7381 of thy garments H8008 is like the smell H7381 of Lebanon. H3844
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come H935 into my garden, H1588 my sister, H269 my spouse: H3618 I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 with H5973 my spice; H1313 I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with H5973 my honey; H1706 I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with H5973 my milk: H2461 eat, H398 O friends; H7453 drink, H8354 yea, drink abundantly, H7937 O beloved. H1730
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:12 - His eyes H5869 are as H3123 the eyes of doves H3123 by H5921 the rivers H650 of waters, H4325 washed H7364 with milk, H2461 and fitly H4402 set. H3427
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:22 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 for the abundance H7230 of milk H2461 that they shall give H6213 he shall eat H398 butter: H2529 for H3588 butter H2529 and honey H1706 shall H398 every one H3605 eat H398 that is left H3498 in H7130 the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:9 - Whom H4310 shall he teach H3384 knowledge? H1844 and H853 whom H4310 shall he make to understand H995 doctrine? H8052 them that are weaned H1580 from the milk, H2461 and drawn H6267 from the breasts. H7699
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ho, H1945 every one H3605 that thirsteth, H6771 come ye H3212 to the waters, H4325 and he that H834 hath no H369 money; H3701 come ye, H3212 buy, H7666 and eat; H398 yea, come, H3212 buy H7666 wine H3196 and milk H2461 without H3808 money H3701 and without H3808 price. H4242
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - Thou shalt also suck H3243 the milk H2461 of the Gentiles, H1471 and H7699 shalt suck H3243 the breast H7699 of kings: H4428 and thou shalt know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 am thy Saviour H3467 and thy Redeemer, H1350 the mighty One H46 of Jacob. H3290
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - That H4616 I may perform H6965 the oath H7621 which H834 I have sworn H7650 unto your fathers, H1 to give H5414 them a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 as H3117 it is this H2088 day. H3117 Then answered I, H6030 and said, H559 So be it, H543 O LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:22 - And hast given H5414 them this H2063 land, H776 which H834 thou didst swear H7650 to their fathers H1 to give H5414 them, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey; H1706
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:7 - Her Nazarites H5139 were purer H2141 than snow, H7950 they were whiter H6705 than milk, H2461 they were more ruddy H119 in body H6106 than rubies, H6443 their polishing H1508 was of sapphire: H5601
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:6 - In the day H3117 that I lifted up H5375 mine hand H3027 unto them, to bring them forth H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714 into H413 a land H776 that H834 I had espied H8446 for them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands: H776
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:15 - Yet also H1571 I H589 lifted up H5375 my hand H3027 unto them in the wilderness, H4057 that H1115 I would H935 not H1115 bring H935 them H853 into H413 the land H776 which H834 I had given H5414 them, flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey, H1706 which H1931 is the glory H6643 of all H3605 lands; H776
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:4 - Behold, H2005 therefore H3651 I will deliver thee H5414 to the men H1121 of the east H6924 for a possession, H4181 and they shall set H3427 their palaces H2918 in thee, and make H5414 their dwellings H4908 in thee: they H1992 shall eat H398 thy fruit, H6529 and they H1992 shall drink H8354 thy milk. H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:18 - And it shall come to pass H1961 in H3117 that H1931 day, H3117 that the mountains H2022 shall drop down H5197 new wine, H6071 and the hills H1389 shall flow H3212 with milk, H2461 and all H3605 the rivers H650 of Judah H3063 shall flow H3212 with waters, H4325 and a fountain H4599 shall come forth H3318 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and shall water H8248 the valley H5158 of Shittim. H7851
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
KJV
 [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
KJV

Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan