Smooth
חָלָקStrong’s H2509chalaq (cha-laq)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chalaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “smooth”, “flattering” and “flattery”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:”
Meaning
- Flattering, smooth
How it's translated
- smooth 1
- and smooth 1
- flattering 1
- flattery 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- Genesis 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Ezekiel 12:24For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
חָלָק chalaq · smooth
flattering, smooth
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “smooth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SMOOTH, adjective
[Latin mitis.]
- Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points are perceptible to the touch; not rough; as smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
- To free from obstruction; to make easy.
- To free from harshness; to make flowing.
- To palliate; to soften; as, to smooth a fault.
All definitions
- To calm; to mollify; to allay.
- To ease.
- To flatter; to soften with blandishments.
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.