חֲלָק
chălâq · H2508 · Aramaic · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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lot, destiny, reward
Literally: (one's) portion; hence: something that happens to someone; whether or not as recompense for what they have done
ExamplesDaniel 4:15 “Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.
Daniel 4:23 ‘And in that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the animals of the field until seven periods of time pass over him,”
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portion
Literally: (one's) portion; hence: object that is owned by someone; usually with the underlying assumption that it has been shared out to that person (or his ancestors) in the past
ExamplesEzra 4:16 “We are informing the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 2
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- חֵיוָאbeast 2
- אִיתַיart thou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- מָנָה mânâh · H4490 · part, portion
- מָנָה denotes an allocated portion or measured share, semantically overlapping with חֲלָק in contexts of distribution or allotment, though מָנָה often emphasizes a measured or appointed portion.
- גּוֹרָל gôwrâl · H1486 · lot, lot > decision
- גּוֹרָל refers to a portion or allotment determined by lot, often used in contexts of inheritance or divine assignment where חֲלָק also appears, though גּוֹרָל carries the additional nuance of lot-casting.
In the other Testament 2 words
- μερίς merís · G3310 · share, portion, district
- Greek μερίς is the standard equivalent for Hebrew חֲלָק in the sense of 'portion' or 'share,' commonly used in Septuagint translations of the Hebrew term and its cognate חֵלֶק.
- μέρος méros · G3313 · part, aspect, feature
- Greek μέρος is a frequent translation equivalent for Hebrew terms meaning 'portion' or 'part,' including חֲלָק and its cognate family, representing an allocated share or division.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Happen002002003003
- Daniel 4:15 describes the tree of Nebuchadnezzar's dream reduced to a stump, “let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the animals in the grass of the earth.”
- Possess002003002019
- Ezra 4:16 has the letter to King Artaxerxes warn, “if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then as a result of this you will have no possession in the province beyond the Euphrates River.”
- Objects001
- Daniel 4:23 recounts the angelic watcher's decree concerning the tree, “let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the animals of the field until seven periods of time pass over him.”
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2508. chalaq חֲלָק noun [masculine] portion, possession, lot (see Biblical Hebrew); —…
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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