Hebrew

Helek

חֵ֫לֶקStrong’s H2507

cheleq (che-leq)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Cheleq is the Hebrew word usually translated “helek”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:”

Numbers 26:30 KJV

Meaning

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.30

How it's translated

of helek 1
helek 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Numbers 1
Joshua 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Helekite (chelqi)

Explore in Scripture

Joshua 17:2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

Hebrew dictionary

חֵ֫לֶק cheleq · Helek

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.30; son of: Gilead (H1568H); brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928), Shemida (H8061) and Hepher (H2660A) Also named: chel.qi (חֶלְקִי "Helekite" H2516) § Helek = "portion" a descendant of Manasseh, and 2nd son of Gilead

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.