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Strong's H2461 חָלָב (chalab)

Chalab means “milk” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2461 — hippikon (“cavalry force”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2461
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 44
Books 16

Strong's H2461 Quick Answer

Strong's H2461 חָלָב (chalab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. chalab (khaw-lawb') n-m. 1. milk (as the richness of kine) [from the same as H2459] It has 44 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include milk and sucking. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
chalab (khaw-lawb') n-m. 1. milk (as the richness of kine) [from the same as H2459]
Usage
44 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
milk and sucking

Meaning and Definition

chalab (khaw-lawb') n-m. 1. milk (as the richness of kine) [from the same as H2459] KJV: + cheese, milk, sucking. Root(s): H2459

Original Word
חָלָב
Transliteration
chalab
Derivation
First root strongs: 2459
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2461. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H2461 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chalab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

milk Genesis 18:8 42× sucking 1 Samuel 7:9

How Strong's H2461 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 44 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2461 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2461 in the Old Testament

44 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 18:8 KJV

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

Genesis 49:12 KJV

His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.

Exodus 3:8 KJV

And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

Usage Excerpts

First 44 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2461.

Genesis 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 49:12 Old Testament, KJV
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Exodus 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
Exodus 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exodus 23:19 Old Testament, KJV
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Exodus 33:3 Old Testament, KJV
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Exodus 34:26 Old Testament, KJV
The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Leviticus 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
Numbers 13:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Numbers 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
Numbers 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.
Deuteronomy 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
Deuteronomy 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Deuteronomy 32:14 Old Testament, KJV
Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
Joshua 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Judges 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Judges 5:25 Old Testament, KJV
He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
1 Samuel 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
1 Samuel 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
Job 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Job 21:24 Old Testament, KJV
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
Proverbs 27:27 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 30:33 Old Testament, KJV
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Song of Solomon 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Song of Solomon 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
Isaiah 7:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.
Isaiah 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 55:1 Old Testament, KJV
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isaiah 60:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Jeremiah 11:5 Old Testament, KJV
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah 32:22 Old Testament, KJV
And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Lamentations 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:
Ezekiel 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
Ezekiel 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Ezekiel 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
Joel 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2461, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 6 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H2461 FAQ

What does chalab (חָלָב) mean?

Chalab (Strong's H2461) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "milk". chalab (khaw-lawb') n-m. 1. milk (as the richness of kine) [from the same as H2459]

How many times is chalab (חָלָב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 44 linked usages for Strong's H2461 across 16 books.

Where can I study chalab (חָלָב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2461 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate chalab (חָלָב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as milk and sucking. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.