חֶלְקָה

chel.qahportionHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine29 occurrences13 books25 verses

Definition

feminine of H2506; properly, smoothness; figuratively, flattery; also an allotment
Traditional renderings: field, flattering(-ry), ground, parcel, part, piece of land (ground), plat, portion, slippery place, smooth (thing).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֶלְקָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

29 total
  1. Genesis 27:16חֶלְקַ֥ת · the smooth part
    She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
  2. Genesis 33:19חֶלְקַ֣ת · And the plot
    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
  3. Deuteronomy 33:21חֶלְקַ֥ת · portion
    He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
  4. Joshua 24:32בְּחֶלְקַ֣ת · in the plot
    And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
  5. Ruth 2:3חֶלְקַ֤ת · to the part
    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.
  6. Ruth 4:3חֶלְקַת֙ · the piece
    And he said to the kinsman-redeemer, “Naomi, who has returned from the land of Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech.
  7. 2 Samuel 14:30חֶלְקַ֨ת · field is; הַחֶלְקָ֖ה · set the field
    Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
  8. 2 Samuel 14:31הַחֶלְקָ֥ה · my field
    Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”
  9. 2 Samuel 23:11חֶלְקַ֤ת · a field
    And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
  10. 2 Samuel 23:12הַֽחֶלְקָה֙ · of the field
    But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
  11. 2 Kings 3:19הַחֶלְקָ֣ה · field
    And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
  12. 2 Kings 3:25חֶלְקָ֣ה · field
    They destroyed the cities, and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well.
  13. 2 Kings 9:21בְּחֶלְקַ֖ת · on the property
    “Harness!” Joram shouted, and they harnessed his chariot. Then Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah set out, each in his own chariot, and met Jehu on the property of Naboth the Jezreelite.
  14. 2 Kings 9:25בְּחֶלְקַ֕ת
    And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
  15. 2 Kings 9:26בַּחֶלְקָ֥ה · plot of ground; בַּחֶלְקָ֖ה · on the plot [of ground]
    ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
  16. 1 Chronicles 11:13חֶלְקַ֥ת · a place
    He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.
  17. 1 Chronicles 11:14הַחֶלְקָה֙ · of the field
    But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
  18. Job 24:18חֶלְקָתָ֣ם · their portion
    They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
  19. Psalm 12:2חֲלָק֑וֹת · with flattering
    They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
  20. Psalm 12:3חֲלָק֑וֹת · flattering
    May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue.
  21. Psalm 73:18בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת · on slick ground
    Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  22. Proverbs 6:24מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת · from the smooth
    …to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
  23. Isaiah 30:10חֲלָק֔וֹת · pleasant words
    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
  24. Jeremiah 12:10חֶלְקָתִ֑י · My plot of ground; חֶלְקַ֥ת · field
    Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.
  25. Amos 4:7חֶלְקָ֤ה · field; וְחֶלְקָ֛ה · another
    “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.