machaloket · division

What it means

machaloket (מַחֲלֹקֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “division”.

Each of the parts into which a group is divided.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Each of the groups that took turns serving.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• divisions ×24
• division ×17
• portions ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Joshua×3
• 1 Chronicles×26
• 2 Chronicles×11
• Nehemiah×1
• Ezekiel×1

• Joshua 11:23

  So Joshua took all the land, according to all that YHWH had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land became calm from war.

• Joshua 12:7

  And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel struck beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon as far as Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,

• Joshua 18:10

  And Joshua cast for them a lot in Shiloh before YHWH; and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions.

• 1 Chronicles 23:6

  David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

• 1 Chronicles 24:1

  The divisions of the sons of Aaron: the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

• 1 Chronicles 26:1

  For the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

• 1 Chronicles 26:12

  These divisions of the gatekeepers, by the heads of the men, had charges just as their brothers, to minister in the house of YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 26:19

  These are the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

• 1 Chronicles 27:1

  The sons of Israel according to their number, the heads of the fathers’ houses and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their supervisors, who ministered to the king in every matter of the divisions that came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year: each division was twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:2

  Over the first division, for the first month, was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:4

  Over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his division and Mikloth the leader; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:5

  The third commander of the army, for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest, as head; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:6

  This is Benaiah, a mighty man of the thirty and over the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.

• 1 Chronicles 27:7

  The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:8

  The fifth, for the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:9

  The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:10

  The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:11

  The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:12

  The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjaminites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:13

  The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:14

  The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 27:15

  The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; and in his division, twenty-four thousand.

• 1 Chronicles 28:1

  David assembled at Jerusalem all the chiefs of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions who ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the chiefs over all the property and livestock of the king and of his sons, with the officials and the mighty men and every mighty man of valor.

• 1 Chronicles 28:13

  for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of YHWH, and for all the utensils of the service of the house of YHWH;

• 1 Chronicles 28:21

  And look, the divisions of the priests and of the Levites for all the service of the house of Elohim; and with you in all the work will be every willing man, with wisdom for any service; and the officials and all the people are ready for all your words.”

• 2 Chronicles 5:11

  And it happened, when the priests came out of the Holy Place— for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping the divisions—

• 2 Chronicles 8:14

  According to the rule of David his father he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their posts, to praise and to minister in front of the priests according to what was due each day, and the gatekeepers in their divisions for gate by gate, for so was the commandment of David, the man of Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 23:8

  The Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; each took his men, those who were coming in on the Sabbath with those who were going out on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions.

• 2 Chronicles 31:2

  Hezekiah set the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offering and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camps of YHWH.

• 2 Chronicles 31:15

  Beside him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, with faithfulness to give to their brothers by divisions, to great and small alike,

• 2 Chronicles 31:16

  apart from their genealogical record of males from three years old and upward, to everyone who entered the house of YHWH, according to the matter of each day, for their service in their watches according to their divisions.

• 2 Chronicles 31:17

  And the genealogical record of the priests was by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, by their watches, in their divisions;

• 2 Chronicles 35:4

  Prepare yourselves by your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the writing of David king of Israel and the writing of Solomon his son.

• 2 Chronicles 35:10

  So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their post, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the commandment of the king.

• Nehemiah 11:36

  And of the Levites, divisions of Judah passed to Benjamin.

• Ezekiel 48:29

  This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares Adonai YHWH.

And 6 more times.