Portion
חֵ֫לֶקStrong’s H2506cheleq (che-leq)
Appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cheleq is the Hebrew word usually translated “portion”, “portion of” and “portion his”. It appears in 63 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.”
Meaning
- Portion, share, part, territoryportion, share · portion, tract, parcel (of land) · one's portion, one's possession · (chosen) portion · portion, award (from God)
- Smoothness, seductiveness, flattery
How it's translated
- a portion 13
- portion of 10
- portion his 6
- portions 4
- in territory of 3
- portion your 3
- portion my 3
- share their 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 9
- Ecclesiastes 8
- Deuteronomy 7
- Psalms 6
- Job 5
- 2 Kings 3
24 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 14:24Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 31:14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house?
- Leviticus 6:17It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
- Numbers 18:20And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
- Numbers 31:36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
- Deuteronomy 10:9Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
All 63 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חֵ֫לֶק cheleq · portion
1) portion, share, part, territory 1a) portion, share 1b) portion, tract, parcel (of land) 1c) one's portion, one's possession 1d) (chosen) portion 1e) portion, award (from God) Aramaic equivalent: cha.laq (חֲלָק "portion" H2508)
חֵ֫לֶק cheleq · smoothness
smoothness, seductiveness, flattery
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “portion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PORTION, noun
[Latin portio, from partio, to divide, from pars, part. See Part.]
- In general, a part of any thing separated from it.
- A part, though not actually divided, but considered by itself.“These are parts of his ways, but how little a portion is heard of him” Job 26:14
- A part assigned; an allotment; a dividend.“The priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh” Genesis 47:22
- The part of an estate given to a child or heir, or descending to him by law, and distributed to him in the settlement of the estate.
All definitions and other forms of “portion”
- A wife's fortune.
PORTION, verb transitive
To divide; to parcel; to allot a share or shares.
- To endow.
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.