חָלָק
chalak · smooth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2509 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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chalak (חָלָק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “smooth”.
Hairless; of speech, flattering.
How to say it
cha·lak
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
- Hairless of skin.
- Sweet words that fawn.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- flattering ×2
- am a smooth ×1
- smoother ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 27:11
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “Look, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
- Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;
- Proverbs 26:28
A tongue of falsehood hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- Ezekiel 12:24
For there will no longer be any empty vision or flattering divination in the midst of the house of Israel.