חָלָק
châlâq · H2509 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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smooth
State in which an object has a relatively even and regular surface, free from perceptible projections or lumps or indentations; often associated with danger and insincerity
ExamplesGenesis 27:11 But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.
Psalm 73:18 You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin.
Isaiah 57:6 “Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Should I relent of these things?
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flattering
Literally: to be smooth; hence: state in which an event appears to be well-intentioned, though actually being insincere
ExamplesProverbs 5:3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
Proverbs 26:28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Ezekiel 12:24 “For there will no longer be any false vision or deceptive divination within the house of Israel.
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flattering words
Literally: smoothnesses; hence: words that appear to be well-intentioned, though actually being insincere
ExamplesPsalm 12:2 They speak lies to one another; They speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Psalm 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things;
Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”; And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy the truth to us. Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions.
How it’s used In 5 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נַחַלstream, valley, wadi 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- דָבַרto speak, to say 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חֵךְpalate 1
- חֵלֶקportion, share, part 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׂפָהlip 2
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 1 word
- מִרְמָה mirmâh · H4820 · falsehood, deceit, treachery
- Both lexemes denote forms of deceptive speech or behavior: חָלָק (châlâq, H2509) emphasizes the smooth, flattering quality, and מִרְמָה (mirmâh, H4820) the broader deceitful or treacherous intent, and they could plausibly substitute for each other in many contexts involving false speech.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Shape002001001052
- The adjective describes a smooth physical surface or texture, as Jacob describes himself to Rebekah as "a smooth man" compared to his hairy brother Esau (Genesis 27:11).
- False002001003007
- The word also describes smooth, flattering speech, as the psalmist prays the LORD would "cut off all flattering lips" (Psalm 12:3-4).
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2509. chalaq חָלָק adjective smooth — 1 literal חָלָק אִישׁ Gen 27:11 (J), smooth man…
חָלָק adjective smooth —
1 literal חָלָק אִישׁ Gen 27:11 (J), smooth man (opposed to שָׂעִר אישׁ); הֶחָלָק הָהָר Jos 11:17; Jos 12:7 the bald mountain (both D); southern limit of Josephus' conquest, identification dubious; (1) white cliffs 8 miles south of Dead Sea, and (2) Mt. Mâdara southwest from Pass es-‚afâ are proposed, see Di.; as substantive חַלְּקֵינַֿחַל Isa 57:6 (see I. חֵלֶק,
4) smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., see Che Di).
2 figurative of mouth uttering smooth words חִכָּהּ מִשֶּׁמֶן וְחָלָק Pro 5:3; compare Pro 26:28.
3 as substantive = flattery חָלָק מִקְסָם Eze 12:24 divination of flattery.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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