H2457 חֶלְאָה
chelʼâh — properly, disease; hence, rust
KJV: scum.
Derived from חָלָא châlâʼ (to be sick)
Occurs 5 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [חֶלְאָה] n.f. rust (perh. as filth)
Where it occurs
- Ezekiel 24:6 — “‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone…
- Ezekiel 24:11 — Then set it empty on its coals, that it may be hot, and its bronze may burn, and that its filthiness may be molten in…
- Ezekiel 24:12 — She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her.