King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2500
Transliteration: cheleph
Phonetic Spelling: (klay'-lef)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Short Definition: an exchange
Meaning: exchange, instead of
Word Summary
cheleph: an exchange
Original Word: חֵלֶףTransliteration: cheleph
Phonetic Spelling: (klay'-lef)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Short Definition: an exchange
Meaning: exchange, instead of
Strong's Concordance
for From chalaph; properly, exchange; hence (as preposition) instead of -- X for.
see HEBREW chalaph
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2500. cheleph
I. חֵ֫לֶף noun [masculine] exchange, only construct, as preposition in return for (so הֲלַף, , common in Aramaic e.g. Genesis 4:23 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 for Hebrew תַּחַת) — ׳ח עֲבֹדָתָם (עֲבֹדַתְכֶם) Numbers 18:21, 31 (both P).