2509. chalaq
Strong's Concordance
chalaq: smooth
Original Word: חָלָק
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: chalaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawk')
Short Definition: flattering
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָלָק adjective smooth

1 literal אִישׁ חָלָק Genesis 27:11 (J), smooth man (opposed to אישׁ שָׂעִר); הָהָר הֶחָלָק Joshua 11:17; Joshua 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 Isaiah 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 וְחָלָק מִשֶּׁמֶן חִכָּהּ Proverbs 5:3; compare Proverbs 26:28.

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
flattering, smooth

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

see HEBREW chalaq

Forms and Transliterations
וְחָלָ֖ק וחלק חָ֝לָ֗ק חָלָ֑ק חָלָֽק׃ חלק חלק׃ chaLak ḥā·lāq ḥālāq vechaLak wə·ḥā·lāq wəḥālāq
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4 Occurrences


ḥā·lāq — 3 Occ.
wə·ḥā·lāq — 1 Occ.

Genesis 27:11
HEB: וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ חָלָֽק׃
NAS: is a hairy man and I am a smooth man.
KJV: man, and I [am] a smooth man:
INT: I man smooth

Proverbs 5:3
HEB: שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃
NAS: drip honey And smoother than oil
KJV: and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
INT: the lips of an adulteress and smoother oil speech

Proverbs 26:28
HEB: דַכָּ֑יו וּפֶ֥ה חָ֝לָ֗ק יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה מִדְחֶֽה׃
NAS: those it crushes, And a flattering mouth
KJV: [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth
INT: crushes mouth flattering works ruin

Ezekiel 12:24
HEB: שָׁ֖וְא וּמִקְסַ֣ם חָלָ֑ק בְּת֖וֹךְ בֵּ֥ית
NAS: vision or flattering divination
KJV: vision nor flattering divination
INT: vain divination flattering within the house

4 Occurrences

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