Fat
חֵ֫לֶבStrong’s H2459chelev (che-lev)
Appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chelev is the Hebrew word usually translated “fat”, “fat of” and “fat its”. It appears in 69 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:”
Meaning
- Fatfat (of humans) · fat (of beasts) · choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)
How it's translated
- the fat 37
- fat of 13
- fat 9
- fat its 6
- fat their 4
- and fat of 3
- best of 3
- from fat 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 33
- Psalms 6
- Numbers 5
- Isaiah 4
- Ezekiel 4
- Exodus 3
14 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 45:18And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
- Exodus 23:18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
- Exodus 29:13And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
- Exodus 29:22Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:
- Leviticus 3:3And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
- Leviticus 3:4And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
All 69 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חֵ֫לֶב chelev · fat
1) fat 1a) fat (of humans) 1b) fat (of beasts) 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FAT, adjective
- Fleshy; plump; corpulent; abounding with an oily concrete substance, as an animal body; the contrary to lean; as a fat man; a fat ox.
- Coarse; gross.
- Dull; heavy; stupid; unteachable.“Make the heart of this people fat” Isaiah 6:10
- Rich; wealthy; affluent.
All definitions and other forms of “fat”
- Rich; producing a large income; as a fat benefice.
- Rich; fertile; as a fat soil; or rich; nourishing; as fat pasture.
- Abounding in spiritual grace and comfort.“They [the righteous] shall be fat and flourishing” Psalms 92:14
FAT, noun
- An oily concrete substance, deposited in the cells of the adipose or cellular membrane of animal bodies.
- The best or richest part of a thing.“Abel brought of the fat of his flock” Genesis 4:4
FAT, verb transitive
To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.
FAT, verb intransitive
To grow fat plump and fleshy.
- “The fats shall overflow with wine and oil” Joel 2:24
FAT, noun
A measure of capacity, but indefinite.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.