Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H2489
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- chelka'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H2489
- Brief meaning
- Apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or unhappy, a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
- Source renderings
- poor
- Root word
- khay-lek-aw' or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}
- Full definition from the source
- Apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy; a wretch, i.e. unfortunate. Root word: khay-lek-aw' or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
02489\ 2489 chelka' khay-lek-aw' or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}; apparently from an unused root probably meaning to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy; a wretch, i.e. unfortunate:--poor.