H2459 חֶלֶב
cheleb — fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.
Occurs 92 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֵ֫לֶב n.m. fat
- 1 fat of human body
- 2 fat of beasts
- 3 choicest, best part of products of land
Where it occurs
- Genesis 4:4 — Abel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of its fat. The LORD respected Abel and his offering,
- Genesis 45:18 — Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will…
- Exodus 23:18 — “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night…
- Exodus 29:13 — You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on…
- Exodus 29:22 — Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the…
- Leviticus 3:3 — He shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to the LORD. The fat that covers the…
- Leviticus 3:4 — and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys…
- Leviticus 3:9 — He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to the LORD; its fat, the entire tail…
- Leviticus 3:10 — and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the cover on the liver, with the kidneys…
- Leviticus 3:14 — He shall offer from it as his offering, an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covers the innards, and all…