חֶלֶב cheleb

Meaning

fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

In the King James Version: [idiom] best, fat(-ness), [idiom] finest, grease, marrow.

Derivation: or חֵלֶב; from an unused root meaning to be fat;

Where it is used

• Genesis 4:4 while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
• Genesis 45:18 Then bring your father and your families and return to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat from the fat of the land.’
• Exodus 23:18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
• Exodus 29:13 Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
• Exodus 29:22 Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
• Leviticus 3:3 From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
• Leviticus 3:4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
• Leviticus 3:9 And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
• Leviticus 3:10 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
• Leviticus 3:14 And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
• Leviticus 3:15 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
• Leviticus 3:16 Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
• Leviticus 3:17 This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
• Leviticus 4:8 Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
• Leviticus 4:9 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
• Leviticus 4:19 And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar.
• Leviticus 4:26 He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
• Leviticus 4:31 Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
• Leviticus 4:35 And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
• Leviticus 6:12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
• Leviticus 7:3 And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
• Leviticus 7:4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
• Leviticus 7:23 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
• Leviticus 7:24 The fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
• Leviticus 7:25 If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the LORD, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
• Leviticus 7:30 With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the LORD.
• Leviticus 7:31 The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
• Leviticus 7:33 The son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion.
• Leviticus 8:16 Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
• Leviticus 8:25 And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
• Leviticus 8:26 And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
• Leviticus 9:10 On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 9:19 They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—
• Leviticus 9:20 and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar,
• Leviticus 9:24 Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
• Leviticus 10:15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”
• Leviticus 16:25 He is also to burn the fat of the sin offering on the altar.
• Leviticus 17:6 The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Numbers 18:12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
• Numbers 18:17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
• Numbers 18:29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
• Numbers 18:30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
• Numbers 18:32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
• Deuteronomy 32:14 with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
• Deuteronomy 32:38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
• Judges 3:22 Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
• 1 Samuel 2:15 Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
• 1 Samuel 2:16 And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
• 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
• 2 Samuel 1:22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
• 1 Kings 8:64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
• 2 Chronicles 7:7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
• 2 Chronicles 29:35 Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.
• 2 Chronicles 35:14 Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
• Job 15:27 Though his face is covered with fat and his waistline bulges with flesh,
• Psalms 17:10 They have closed their callous hearts; their mouths speak with arrogance.
• Psalms 63:5 My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
• Psalms 73:7 From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
• Psalms 81:16 But I would feed you the finest wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
• Psalms 119:70 Their hearts are callous and insensitive, but I delight in Your law.