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Smooth

חַלֻּקStrong’s H2512

challuq (chal-luq)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Challuq is the Hebrew word usually translated “smooth of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.”
1 Samuel 17:40 KJV
Meaning
  1. Smooth
How it's translated
  • smooth of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    חַלֻּק challuq · smooth

    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.]

    1. 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.
    2. To free from obstruction; to make easy.
    3. To free from harshness; to make flowing.
    4. To palliate; to soften; as, to smooth a fault.
    All definitions
    1. To calm; to mollify; to allay.
    2. To ease.
    3. 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.