Strong’s H2461 · Hebrew

חָלָב
châlâb
khaw-lawb'

Definition

milk (as the richness of kine)

Etymology

from the same as H2459 (חֶלֶב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cheese
  • milk
  • sucking

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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