STRONGS NUMBER H2509


Word Summary
chalaq: smooth
Original Word: חָלָק
Transliteration: chalaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawk')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: smooth
Meaning: smooth
Strong's Concordance
flattering, smooth

From chalaq; smooth (especially of tongue) -- flattering, smooth.

see HEBREW chalaq

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2509. chalaq

חָלָקadjective smooth

1 literal חָלָק אִישׁGenesis 27:11 (J), smooth man (opposed to שָׂעִר אישׁ‎); הֶחָלָק הָהָרJoshua 11:17; 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 חַלְּקֵינַֿחַלIsaiah 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 וְחָלָקProverbs 5:3; compare 26:28.

3 as substantive = flattery חָלָק מִקְסָםEzekiel 12:24 divination of flattery.