Smoothness
חֲלַקְלַקּוֹתStrong’s H2519chalaqlaqqah (cha-laq-laq-qah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chalaqlaqqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “intrigues”, “slippery places” and “like slippery places”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.”
Meaning
- Flattery, slipperiness, fine promises, smoothnessslipperiness · fine promises
How it's translated
- by intrigues 2
- and slippery places 1
- like slippery places 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
- Psalms 1
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:34In contextNow when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
- Psalms 35:6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
- Jeremiah 23:12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
חֲלַקְלַקּוֹת chalaqlaqqah · smoothness
1) flattery, slipperiness, fine promises, smoothness 1a) slipperiness 1b) fine promises
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “smoothness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SMOOTH'NESS, noun
- Evenness of suface; freedom from roughness or asperity; as the smoothness of a floor or wall; smoothness of the skin; smoothness of the water.
- Softness or mildness to the palate; as the smoothness of wine.
- Softness and sweetness of numbers; easy flow of words.
- Mildness or gentleness of speech; blandness of address.
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.