King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2509
Transliteration: chalaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawk')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: smooth
Meaning: smooth
Word Summary
chalaq: smooth
Original Word: חָלָקTransliteration: chalaq
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-lawk')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: smooth
Meaning: smooth
Strong's Concordance
flattering, smooth From chalaq; smooth (especially of tongue) -- flattering, smooth.
see HEBREW chalaq
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2509. chalaq
חָלָק adjective smooth —
1 literal חָלָק אִישׁ Genesis 27:11 (J), smooth man (opposed to שָׂעִר אישׁ); הֶחָלָק הָהָר Joshua 11:17; 12:7 the bald mountain (both D); southern limit of Josephus' conquest, identification dubious; (1) white cliffs 8 miles south of Dead Sea, and (2) Mt. Mâdara southwest from Pass es-‚afâ are proposed, see Di.; as substantive חַלְּקֵינַֿחַל Isaiah 57:6 (see I. חֵלֶק,
4) smooth (stones) of a brook-bed (ravine, wady), i.e. thou worshippest common round stones (contempt., see Che Di).
2 figurative of mouth uttering smooth words חִכָּהּ מִשֶּׁמֶן וְחָלָק Proverbs 5:3; compare 26:28.
3 as substantive = flattery חָלָק מִקְסָם Ezekiel 12:24 divination of flattery.