# H2459 חֶלֶב

חֶלֶב (cheleb), Strong’s H2459: fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part KJV: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.. Occurs 92 times.

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*cheleb* — fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

KJV: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.

Occurs 92 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/29?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/3?v=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…