Class
מַחְלְקָהStrong’s H4256machleqah (mach-le-qah)
Appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Machleqah is the Hebrew word usually translated “division his”, “divisions of” and “according to divisions their”. It appears in 36 verses of the Old Testament.
“So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.”
Meaning
- Class, divisionof priests and Levites
How it's translated
- division his 12
- divisions of 6
- according to divisions their 4
- divisions their 3
- the divisions 3
- to divisions 2
- the division 2
- and division his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 22
- 2 Chronicles 9
- Joshua 3
- Nehemiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 12:7And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 18:10And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chronicles 26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
Hebrew dictionary
מַחְלְקָה machleqah · class
1) class, division 1a) of priests and Levites
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “class” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLASS, noun
- An order or rank of persons; a number of persons in society, supposed to have some resemblance or equality, in rank, education, property, talents, and the like; as in the phrase, all classes of men in society.
- A number of students in a college or school, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
- Scientific division or arrangement; a set of beings or things, having something in common, or ranged under a common denomination.
All definitions and other forms of “class”
CLASS, verb transitive
- To arrange in a class or classes; to arrange in sets, or ranks, according to some method founded on natural distinctions; to place together, or in one division, men or things which have or are supposed to have something in common.
- To place in ranks or divisions students that are pursuing the same studies; to form into a class or classes.
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.